CVE-2018-0255 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches
Unauthenticated remote attackers can perform CSRF attacks on Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches, allowing them to submit arbitrary requests with user privileges.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0255?
CVE-2018-0255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 19 Apr 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 device manager web interface of Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack against a user of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protection by the device manager web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link or visit an attacker-controlled website. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to submit arbitrary requests to an affected device via the device manager web interface with the privileges of the user. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS Software: IE 2000 Series, IE 2000U Series, IE 3000 Series, IE 3010 Series, IE 4000 Series, IE 4010 Series, IE 5000 Series. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc96405.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0255?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0255?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-0255 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0255 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
- CVE-2017-12240 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgmm-mqqv-gqvx.