# CVE-2018-1153: Security feature bypass in Burp Suite Community Edition

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can view or modify HTTPS traffic due to missing server certificate validation in Burp Suite Community Edition.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3w65-74c3-p8jp

## What is CVE-2018-1153?

CVE-2018-1153 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Burp Suite Community Edition, published on 18 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Burp Suite Community Edition 1.7.32 and 1.7.33 fail to validate the server certificate in a couple of HTTPS requests which allows a man in the middle to modify or view traffic.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1153?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Portswigger Burp Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-1153?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-1153 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Burp Suite Community Edition

- [CVE-2021-44230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44230/): Misconfiguration in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-29416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29416/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-10377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10377/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-35406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35406/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1153 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-1153 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Burp Suite Community Edition, published on 18 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-2018-1153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tenable Burp Suite Community Edition. 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-2018-1153/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1153/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1153
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1153
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1153

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1153/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.