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CVE-2017-3831

CRITICAL

A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication. The attacker could be granted full administrator privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of authentication for accessing certain web pages using the GUI interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web interface of the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and perform unauthorized configuration changes or issue control commands to the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Series Access Points running a software version prior to 8.2.110.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy68219.

Published: Mar 15, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-264 CWE-287

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (4)

Vendor Product Version
cisco aironet_access_point_software 8.1\(15.14\)
cisco aironet_access_point_software 8.1\(112.3\)
cisco aironet_access_point_software 8.1\(112.4\)
cisco aironet_access_point_software 8.1\(131.0\)

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-p3g2-f65q-g6rx

A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Series Access Points could...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 5.27%

Top 8% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub