# CVE-2018-0097: Open redirect in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via improper input validation in the web interface, facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2fp5-7g39-82f7

## What is CVE-2018-0097?

CVE-2018-0097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, published on 18 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page, aka an Open Redirect. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters in the HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting an HTTP request that could cause the web application to redirect the request to a specific malicious URL. This vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks to get users to visit malicious sites without their knowledge. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve37646.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

- [CVE-2018-15379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15379/): Cisco Prime Infrastructure Arbitrary File Upload and Command Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0679/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2016-1442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1442/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-1359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1359/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1659/): Cisco Prime Infrastructure Certificate Validation Vulnerability (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, published on 18 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Infrastructure. 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-2018-0097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0097

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