Cisco IOS XE NGWC Legacy Wireless Device Manager GUI CSRF Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190821-iosxe-ngwc-csrf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131427

Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a CSRF vulnerability

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by a vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE New Generation Wireless Controller (NGWC) which allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a crafted link.
A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on an affected device by using a web browser and with the privileges of the user.

Please see the included Cisco BID(s) and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

No fix available. Please refer to Cisco bug ID CSCvq64435

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8af6c2cc

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq64435

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131427

File Name: cisco-sa-20190821-iosxe-ngwc-csrf.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 12/3/2019

Updated: 5/3/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version, Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Model

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12624

CWE: 352

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190821-iosxe-ngwc-csrf

IAVA: 2019-A-0316-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq64435