Improper authentication in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287 and CWE-384.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web functionality of the Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to hijack another user's administrative session, aka a Session Fixation Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to the reuse of a preauthentication session token as part of the postauthentication session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by obtaining the presession token ID. An exploit could allow an attacker to hijack an existing user's session. Known Affected Releases 4.2(5). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf58392.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution | Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution Vendor— Affected Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12225
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mq32-h66w-p4v5
References
More Cisco Prime Lan Management Solution vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-05167 Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) 4.1 through 4.2.2 on Linux does not properly… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2016-01251 Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS) through 4.2.5 uses the same database decryption… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2013-01042 The command-line interface in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS), Identity Services… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2013-00974 The command-line interface in Cisco Identity Services Engine Software, Secure Access… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2013-04685 Cisco Common Services, as used in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution (LMS), Cisco… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2015-00549 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the help pages in Cisco Common… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2017-12225 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12225 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mq32-h66w-p4v5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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