CVE-2018-0255 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the device manager web interface of various Cisco Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches running vulnerable Cisco IOS Software. This flaw stems from insufficient CSRF protection, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trick an authenticated user into executing arbitrary requests. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.2\(5\)eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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