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CVE-2018-0278

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A 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.

Affected products

• Cisco Firepower Management Center: 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104122
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-fpwr-dos
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104122
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-fpwr-dos

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