CVE-2018-0130 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrative access by using static default credentials extracted from the software image to generate valid session tokens.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0130?
CVE-2018-0130 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 22 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the use of JSON web tokens by the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain administrative access to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the presence of static default credentials for the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the credentials from an image of the affected software and using those credentials to generate a valid administrative session token for the web-based service portal of any other installation of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based service portal of an affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg30884.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0130?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Virtual Managed Services.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0130?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-0130 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0130 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3xr-xw6j-mjf8.