Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-0121
A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper security restrictions that are imposed by the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting an empty password value to an affected portal when prompted to enter an administrative password for the portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges for the web-based service portal of the affected software. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg29809.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.067
EPSS Ranking 90.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-0121
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cpe:2.3:a:cisco:elastic_services_controller:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cisco:virtual_managed_services:3.0