CVE-2018-7903 Code injection in 1288H V5; 2288H V5

High 8.8 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can inject JSON to modify the administrator password and gain system management privileges on Huawei servers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-7903?

CVE-2018-7903 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1288H V5; 2288H V5, published on 24 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei 1288H V5 and 288H V5 with software of V100R005C00 have a JSON injection vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker can launch a JSON injection to modify the password of administrator. Due to insufficient verification of the input, this could be exploited to obtain the management privilege of the system.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7903?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei 1288h V5 Firmware, Huawei 2288h V5 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-7903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pv88-4pq6-2f76.

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