SB2018042408 - Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS



SB2018042408 - Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS

Published: April 24, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018042408
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0255)

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.