Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:47093

Info

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 47093
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2011-0951
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 30 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 30 2011 12:00AM
Credit: Cisco.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to adequately restrict access to the password-change feature.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCtl77440.

An attacker can exploit this issue to change a user's password, thereby aiding in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue with readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the reference for more details.

References

Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) Unauthorized Password Change Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report