PT-2018-8703 · Cisco · Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches

Published 2018-04-19 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0255

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in the device manager web interface could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack against a user of an affected system. The issue is due to insufficient CSRF protection by the device manager web interface. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user to follow a malicious link or visit an attacker-controlled website, allowing the attacker to submit arbitrary requests to an affected device via the device manager web interface with the privileges of the user.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0255

Affected Products

Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches

References · 4

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-iess · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0255 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0255 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040715 · Note