# CVE-2018-7111: Missing authorization in HPE UIoT

> Remote attackers can modify information in the HPE UIoT DSM portal and APIs due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pjjm-fc8r-wg53

## What is CVE-2018-7111?

CVE-2018-7111 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE UIoT, published on 17 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote unauthorized access vulnerability was identified in HPE UIoT versions 1.5, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.2.4.2. Specifically, there is a malfunction identified in some section of the DSM portal and some DSM APIs. The impact of the malfunction is that the info can be changed by other users.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7111?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Universal Internet of Things.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-7111?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7111 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-7111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE UIoT

- [CVE-2019-11990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11990/): Auth bypass in HPE IOT and GCP (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-11995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11995/): Auth bypass in HPE IOT + GCP (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7111 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-7111 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE UIoT, published on 17 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-2018-7111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE UIoT. 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-2018-7111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7111/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7111
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7111
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.