Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Mobility Express Software

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU26978

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3261

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the web-based management interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

This vulnerability affects the following Cisco products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco Mobility Express Software:

• Aironet 1540 Series Access Points
• Aironet 1560 Series Access Points
• Aironet 1800 Series Access Points
• Aironet 2800 Series Access Points
• Aironet 3800 Series Access Points
• Aironet 4800 Series Access Points
• Catalyst IW6300 Access Points
• 6300 Embedded Services Access Points

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Mobility Express: 8.1 - 8.10

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_mobility_express:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_mobility_express:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_mobility_express:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-mob-exp-csrf-b8tFec24

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.