Cisco Security Advisory
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks on a targeted system.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input processed by the WLC management web interface of the affected software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a targeted user to follow a malicious link. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected application, which could be used to conduct further attacks.
Cisco confirmed the vulnerability in a security bug report; however, software updates are not available.
To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions to persuade the user to follow the provided link.
Cisco would like to thank security researcher Jacob Holcomb for reporting this vulnerability.
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Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.
Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.
Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.
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Patches and software updates are not available.
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The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
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To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.
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Show LessVersion Description Section Status Date 1.0 Initial Release NA Final 2012-Dec-13
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