SB2018042408 - Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS
Published: April 24, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042408
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0255)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct CSRF attack and gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the device manager web interface due to insufficient CSRF protectione. A remote attacker can trick the victim into following a malicious link or visiting an attacker-controlled website, submit arbitrary requests via the device manager web interface with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.