# CVE-2018-5921: Cross-site request forgery in Certain HP Enterprise Printers, HP PageWide Printers, and MFP Products

> Remote attackers can exploit Cross-Site Request Forgery in HP printers to elevate privileges via malicious web requests.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfxr-m65m-cgmf

## What is CVE-2018-5921?

CVE-2018-5921 is a high-severity vulnerability in Certain HP Enterprise Printers, HP PageWide Printers, and MFP Products, published on 3 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 potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain HP printers and MFPs in 2405129_000052 and other firmware versions. This vulnerability is known as Cross Site Request Forgery, and could potentially be exploited remotely to allow elevation of privilege.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5921?

It affects 194 products.


Products: Hp A2w75a Firmware, Hp A2w76a Firmware, Hp A2w77a Firmware, Hp A2w78a Firmware, Hp A2w79a Firmware, Hp B3g84a Firmware, Hp B3g85a Firmware, Hp B3g86a Firmware, Hp B5l04a Firmware, Hp B5l05a Firmware, Hp B5l06a Firmware, Hp B5l07a Firmware, Hp B5l26a Firmware, Hp B5l39a Firmware, Hp B5l46a Firmware, Hp B5l47a Firmware, Hp B5l48a Firmware, Hp B5l49a Firmware, Hp B5l50a Firmware, Hp B5l54a Firmware and 174 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Certain HP Enterprise Printers, HP PageWide Printers, and MFP Products

- [CVE-2017-2750](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2750/): Code injection in HP LaserJet Enterprise printers, HP PageWide Enterprise printers, HP LaserJet Managed printers, HP OfficeJet Enterprise printers (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5921 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5921 is a high-severity vulnerability in Certain HP Enterprise Printers, HP PageWide Printers, and MFP Products, published on 3 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Certain HP Enterprise Printers, HP PageWide Printers, and MFP Products. 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-2018-5921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5921/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5921
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5921
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5921

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5921/
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