Auth bypass in Cisco Prime Lan Management Solution

CVE-2017-12225

A vulnerability in the web functionality of the Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to hijack another user's administrative session, aka a Session Fixation Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to the reuse of a preauthentication session token as part of the postauthentication session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by obtaining the presession token ID. An exploit could allow an attacker to hijack an existing user's session. Known Affected Releases 4.2(5). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf58392.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12225?
CVE-2017-12225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Lan Management Solution, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12225?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.