CVE-2017-12281

HIGH

Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via PEAP

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) functionality for standalone configurations of Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass authentication and connect to an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected device uses an incorrect default configuration setting of fail open when running in standalone mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to connect to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and connect to the affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points that are running a vulnerable software release and use WLAN configuration settings that include FlexConnect local switching and central authentication with MAC filtering. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd46314.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101649
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039725

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0072
EPSS Percentile 49.1%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/aironet_1800_firmware
cisco/aironet_2800_firmware
cisco/aironet_3800_firmware
n/a/Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points Cisco Aironet 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points
Published Nov 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026