Wireless Control SystemHardware / appliance · Cisco
CVE-2007-2033
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) before 4.0.81.0 allows remote authenticated users to read any configuration page by changing the group membership of user accounts, aka Bug ID CSCse78596.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an access control vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) versions prior to 4.0.81.0. An authenticated user can read any configuration page on the system by manipulating the group membership of user accounts, effectively bypassing authorization controls designed to restrict access to sensitive configuration data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wireless Control SystemHardware / appliance
<= 4.0.95CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine Cisco WCS installed versionLog into the Cisco Wireless Control System web interface and navigate to Help > About, or check the version displayed on the login page. Alternatively, access the server hosting WCS and run 'wcs info' or check the installation directory for version files.Affected if The displayed version is any release prior to 4.0.81.0 (for example, 4.0.80.0, 4.0.70.0, or earlier).
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Verify the version falls within affected rangeCompare your installed version number against the known affected range. Cisco WCS versions below 4.0.81.0 are considered vulnerable.Affected if Your installed version is 4.0.95 or lower, but specifically below 4.0.81.0.
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Confirm WCS administrative interface is accessibleAttempt to access the WCS administrative web interface at the standard HTTPS port (typically port 443 or 8080). Verify the login page loads and authentication is possible.Affected if You can successfully authenticate to WCS and the version check from step 1 shows a vulnerable release.
You are affected if your installed Cisco Wireless Control System version is prior to 4.0.81.0, as this access control bypass allows any authenticated user to read sensitive configuration pages by manipulating group membership.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Cisco Wireless Control System to version 4.0.81.0 or later to remediate this access control bypass. Until upgraded, limit administrative access to trusted personnel and monitor for unauthorized configuration access.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2007-2033 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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