PT-2018-2128 · Cisco · Cisco Wireless Lan Controller+1

Published 2018-10-17 · Updated 2023-02-03 · CVE-2018-0420

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in HTTP request parameters that describe filenames and pathnames, allowing an authenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this by using directory traversal techniques to submit a path to a desired file location, potentially allowing them to view system files on the targeted device, which may contain sensitive information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00080

CVE-2018-0420

Affected Products

Cisco Wireless Lan Controller

Cisco Wls

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00080 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0420 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181017-wlc-traversal · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/13360 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041926 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105671 · Note
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2018-0420 · Note