# CVE-2018-0318: Auth bypass in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown

> Unauthenticated attackers can reset any user's password to gain administrative access to Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning systems.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57mr-h9qw-9p64

## What is CVE-2018-0318?

CVE-2018-0318 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown, published on 7 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the password reset function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a password reset request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a password reset request and changing the password for any user on an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative-level privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) Releases 11.6 and prior. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd07245.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0318?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Prime Collaboration, Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0318?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0318 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0318 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown

- [CVE-2018-15389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15389/): Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Intermittent Hard-Coded Password Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0319/): Auth bypass in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0320](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0320/): SQL injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0321/): Auth bypass in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0317/): Privilege escalation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0318 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0318 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown, published on 7 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown. 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-2018-0318/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0318/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0318
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0318
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0318

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