# CVE-2018-5405: The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance is vulnerable to JavaScript injection.

> Authenticated users can inject JavaScript to steal session cookies and take over administrator accounts on the Kace K1000 Appliance.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 3 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5prc-w35f-xhqm

## What is CVE-2018-5405?

CVE-2018-5405 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows an authenticated least privileged user with 'User Console Only' rights to potentially inject arbitrary JavaScript code on the tickets page. Script execution could allow a malicious user of the system to steal session cookies of other users including Administrator and take over their session. This can further be exploited to launch other attacks. The software also does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other user. An authenticated user with 'user console only' rights may inject arbitrary JavaScript, which could result in an attacker taking over a session of others, including an Administrator.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5405?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5405 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5405 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-2018-5404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5404/): The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance is vulnerable to multiple Blind SQL Injections. (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5405 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5405 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-5405 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-2018-5405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5405/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5405
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5405
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5405

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