7.8

CVE-2018-0417: cisco cisco wireless lan controller (wlc)

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 17-10-2018Last modified 26-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0417 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in cisco cisco wireless lan controller (wlc). EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the GUI that are not normally available to that user on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a specific TACACS attribute received in the TACACS response from the remote TACACS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating via TACACS to the GUI on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to create local user accounts with administrative privileges on an affected WLC and execute other commands that are not allowed from the CLI and should be prohibited.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.16% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

3 links