CVE-2017-3831 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Series Access Points running software versions prior to 8.2.110.0. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted HTTP request, gaining full administrator privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1\(15.14\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(15.14\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(112.3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(112.3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(112.4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(112.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1\(131.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:8.1\(131.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.