CVE-2018-15438 Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can trick users into performing arbitrary actions on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance management interface via CSRF.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2018-15438?

CVE-2018-15438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, published on 17 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 Prime Collaboration Assurance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use a web browser to perform arbitrary actions with the privileges of the user on an affected system.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15438?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-15438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5837-6gwx-c674.

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