CVE-2017-3791

Critical

Published: 01/02/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Prime Home allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute actions with administrator privileges. The issue is due to a processing error in the role-based access control (RBAC) of URLs.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain full control over Cisco Prime Home, potentially leading to serious security breaches within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to version 6.5.0.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. There are no workarounds available for this issue.

Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Prime Home could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute actions with administrator privileges. The vulnerability is due to a processing error in the role-based access control (RBAC) of URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API commands via HTTP to a particular URL without prior authentication. An exploit could allow the attacker to perform any actions in Cisco Prime Home with administrator privileges. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Home versions from 6.3.0.0 to the first fixed release 6.5.0.1. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb49837.