Cisco IOS XE Software Lobby Ambassador Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the Lobby Ambassador web-based management API of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges and access management APIs that would not normally be available for Lobby Ambassador users. This vulnerability exists because parameters that are received by an API endpoint are not sufficiently validated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a Lobby Ambassador user and sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create a new user with privile…
- Scope: At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco devices if they were running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS XE Software and had Lobby Ambassadors configured.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
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