# CVE-2018-1253: Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability

> A malicious administrator can inject scripts into the RSA Authentication Manager console, leading to code execution in other administrators' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjcj-55rf-3pcm

## What is CVE-2018-1253?

CVE-2018-1253 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in RSA Authentication Manager, published on 21 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

RSA Authentication Manager Operation Console, versions 8.3 P1 and earlier, contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious Operations Console administrator could potentially exploit this vulnerability to store arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code through the web interface. When other Operations Console administrators open the affected page, the injected scripts could potentially be executed in their browser.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1253?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emc Rsa Authentication Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-1253?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-1253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in RSA Authentication Manager

- [CVE-2019-3768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3768/): XML external entity in RSA Authentication Manager (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-11073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11073/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-2279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2279/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2018-11074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11074/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-1254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1254/): Cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1253 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-1253 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in RSA Authentication Manager, published on 21 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: RSA Authentication Manager. 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-2018-1253/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1253/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1253
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1253
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1253

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