# CVE-2014-0678: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can hijack sessions in Cisco Secure ACS to gain elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f96r-pff3-7745

## What is CVE-2014-0678?

CVE-2014-0678 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jan 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The portal interface in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) does not properly manage sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to hijack sessions and gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCue65951.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0678?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Secure Access Control System.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0678?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0678 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0678 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-0147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0147/): Cisco Secure Access Control System Java Deserialization (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-0648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0648/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-0650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0650/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-0253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0253/): Command injection in Cisco Secure Access Control System (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0649](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0649/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0678 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0678 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jan 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0678/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0678/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0678
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0678
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0678

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0678/
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