{"id":6146,"date":"2024-11-07T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/vulnerabilities-threats\/cisco-bug-command-injection-attacks"},"modified":"2024-11-07T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:37:55","slug":"cisco-bug-could-lead-to-command-injection-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/cisco-bug-could-lead-to-command-injection-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Bug Could Lead to Command Injection Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt6d90778a997de1cd\/blt000f40fabb473b32\/672d1fb05da95c495434e147\/Cisco-1800-Kristoffer_Tripplaar-Alamy_2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cisco-bug-could-lead-to-command-injection-attacks.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cisco-bug-could-lead-to-command-injection-attacks.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Cisco is warning of a bug found in its Unified industrial Wireless Software for Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) access points that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to release command injection attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending HTTP requests to the Web-based management interface of an affected system. If successful, the attacker could execute arbitrary commands with root privileges in the affected device&#8217;s underlying operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">The vulnerability exists due to an improper validation of input to the Web-based management interface. It affects the three <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/application-security\/cisco-asa-ftd-software-active-vpn-exploitation\" rel=\"noopener\">Cisco wireless access points<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> (APs) if they have the URWB operating mode enabled and are running a vulnerable release: Catalyst IW9165D, Catalyst IW9165E (both APs and clients), and Catalyst IW9167E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Devices not running URWB operating mode remain unaffected by this vulnerability. To ascertain whether URWB is enabled, users should use the &#8220;show mpls-config&#8221; CLI command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">&#8220;If the command is available, the URWB operating mode is enabled and the device is affected by this vulnerability,&#8221; <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sec.cloudapps.cisco.com\/security\/center\/content\/CiscoSecurityAdvisory\/cisco-sa-backhaul-ap-cmdinj-R7E28Ecs\" rel=\"noopener\">Cisco said<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">. &#8220;If the command is not available, the URWB operating mode is disabled and the device is not affected by this vulnerability.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Cisco said it&#8217;s unaware of any public exploitation of the vulnerability and has released a fix for the flaw, but there are no other workarounds to address it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/vulnerabilities-threats\/cisco-bug-command-injection-attacks\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco is warning of a bug found in its 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