CVE-2018-0278 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Firepower System Software
An unauthenticated remote attacker can retrieve sensitive policy and configuration data from the Cisco Firepower management console via a cross-origin WebSocket attack.
- 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-2018-0278?
CVE-2018-0278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 2 May 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 management console of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data about the system. The vulnerability is due to improper cross-origin domain protections for the WebSocket protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a malicious website designed to send requests to the affected application while the user is logged into the application with an active session cookie. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve policy or configuration information from the affected software and to perform another attack against the management console. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh68311.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0278?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0278?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-0278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0278 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cr2m-6c94-6p5p.