Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-20418

CVE-2024-20418

Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller) — Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Description · from the CVE record

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Industrial Wireless Software for Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of input to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of the affected device.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)N/A–CNA
aironet_access_point_software≤ 17.14–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refsec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-backhaul-ap-cmdinj-R7E28Ecs