# CVE-2018-5404: The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance is vulnerable to multiple Blind SQL Injections.

> An authenticated attacker can exploit blind SQL injections to retrieve sensitive data or copy the entire database from the Kace K1000 Appliance.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rgpj-f9xq-fr9h

## What is CVE-2018-5404?

CVE-2018-5404 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows an authenticated, remote attacker with least privileges ('User Console Only' role) to potentially exploit multiple Blind SQL Injection vulnerabilities to retrieve sensitive information from the database or copy the entire database. An authenticated remote attacker could leverage Blind SQL injections to obtain sensitive data.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5404?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5404?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5404 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5404 exists.

Public exploit code:

- KACE System Management Appliance (SMA) < 9.0.270 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance

- [CVE-2018-5406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5406/): The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance misconfigures the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-5405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5405/): The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance is vulnerable to JavaScript injection. (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5404 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5404 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5404 exists.

Affected product: Quest Kace K1000 Appliance. 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-2018-5404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5404/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5404
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5404
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5404

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