CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-0459

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-10-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-10-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-285, CWE-863

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected system to reboot or shut down. The vulnerability is due to insufficient server-side authorization checks. An attacker who is logged in to the web-based management interface as a low-privileged user could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the low-privileged user account to reboot or shut down the affected system.

Affected configurations

• cisco network functions virtualization infrastructure

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References