# CVE-2018-15389: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Intermittent Hard-Coded Password Vulnerability

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can access the administrative web interface with administrator privileges due to a hard-coded password that may not be replaced during installation.

- **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:** 5 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gpf3-w2vw-2vqg

## What is CVE-2018-15389?

CVE-2018-15389 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, published on 5 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the install function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the administrative web interface using a default hard-coded username and password that are used during install. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded password that, in some cases, is not replaced with a unique password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the administrative web interface with administrator-level privileges.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15389?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Prime Collaboration.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-15389?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15389 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-15389 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15389 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning

- [CVE-2018-0318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0318/): Auth bypass in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown (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-2018-15389 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-15389 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, published on 5 Oct 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-2018-15389 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning. 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-2018-15389/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15389/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15389
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15389
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15389

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