# CVE-2018-0445: Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can perform arbitrary actions on the device by tricking a user into clicking a malicious link.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8fq3-vgwv-7q9r

## What is CVE-2018-0445?

CVE-2018-0445 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise, published on 5 Oct 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-based management interface of Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a CSRF attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a customized link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on a targeted device via a web browser and with the privileges of the user.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0445?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise

- [CVE-2023-20061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20061/): Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-20062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20062/): Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-20058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20058/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-0444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0444/): Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-1395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1395/): Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0445 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0445 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise, published on 5 Oct 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-2018-0445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise. 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-2018-0445/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0445/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0445
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0445
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0445

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0445/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.