CISCO-SA-WEBUI-CMDINJ-GVN3OKNC
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Wireless LAN Controller feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with a lobby ambassador user account to perform a command injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with privilege level 15. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a lobby ambassador account. This account is not configured by default. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of the May 2025 release of the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: May 2025 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75279"].
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 17.3.4 | ||
| 16.12.6 | ||
| 16.12.8 | ||
| 17.3.2 | ||
| 16.12.14 | ||
| 16.12.5 | ||
| 16.12.7 | ||
| 17.3.5 | ||
| 17.3.4a | ||
| 17.3.3 | ||
| 16.12.6a | ||
| 17.3.2a | ||
| 17.3.6 | ||
| 17.2.3 | ||
| 16.12.4 | ||
| 17.3.1 | ||
| 16.12.4a | ||
| 17.3.1a | ||
| 17.2.2 | ||
| 17.3.4c |
Timeline
- May 7, 2025 CVE Published
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-cmdinj-gVn3OKNC advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75279 url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/215552-9800-wlc-lobby-ambassador-with-radius-an.html url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#ssu url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/end-user-license-agreement.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#fixes url
- https://www.cisco.com/go/psirt url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-cisco-worldwide-contacts.html url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/softwarechecker.x url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#asr url
- http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/psirt/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://software.cisco.com fix