PT-2018-8721 · Cisco · Cisco Firepower System

Published 2018-05-02 · Updated 2024-11-26 · CVE-2018-0278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Firepower System Software (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in the management console could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data about the system. This issue is due to improper cross-origin domain protections for the WebSocket protocol. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to visit a malicious website that sends requests to the affected application while the user is logged in with an active session cookie. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve policy or configuration information and perform another attack against the management console.

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

Incorrect Authorization

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0278

Affected Products

Cisco Firepower System

References · 4

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-fpwr-dos · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0278 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104122 · Note