CVE-2018-0278

Summary

CVECVE-2018-0278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-02 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-04 18:33:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the management console of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data about the system. The vulnerability is due to improper cross-origin domain protections for the WebSocket protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a malicious website designed to send requests to the affected application while the user is logged into the application with an active session cookie. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve policy or configuration information from the affected software and to perform another attack against the management console. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh68311.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.2 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.3 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.2 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Firepower System Software CVE-2018-0278 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Firepower System Software Cross-Origin Domain Protection Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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