CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-11142

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-05-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-863

Description

The 'systemui/settings_network.php' and 'systemui/settings_patching.php' scripts in the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 are accessible only from localhost. This restriction can be bypassed by modifying the 'Host' and 'X_Forwarded_For' HTTP headers in a POST request. An anonymous user can abuse this vulnerability to execute critical functions without authorization.

Affected configurations

• quest kace system management appliance 8.0.318

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References