# CVE-2018-1278: Missing authorization in Pivotal Application Service

> An attacker can invite themselves to any organization to view sensitive member and configuration data without proper authorization.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 11 May 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcww-4vrg-9h35

## What is CVE-2018-1278?

CVE-2018-1278 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Pivotal Application Service, published on 11 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

Apps Manager included in Pivotal Application Service, versions 1.12.x prior to 1.12.22, 2.0.x prior to 2.0.13, and 2.1.x prior to 2.1.4 contains an authorization enforcement vulnerability. A member of any org is able to create invitations to any org for which the org GUID can be discovered. Accepting this invitation gives unauthorized access to view the member list, domains, quotas and other information about the org.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1278?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Pivotal Application Service.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-1278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-1278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Application Service

- [CVE-2019-11280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11280/): Privilege escalation through the invitations service (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11086/): Privilege escalation in Application Service (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11088/): Privilege escalation in Application Service (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11044/): Cross-site scripting in Pivotal Application Service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-1200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1200/): Information disclosure in Apps Manager for PCF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-1278 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-1278 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Pivotal Application Service, published on 11 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Application Service. 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-2018-1278/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1278/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1278
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1278
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1278

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1278/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.