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CVE-2018-0468

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0468 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco Energy Management Suite (CEMS) due to unchanged default PostgreSQL database credentials. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this by connecting to the database to access and alter confidential data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) with local access, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While a fix randomizes passwords for new installations, existing deployments require manual password changes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:energy_management_suite:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
dogukanurkervendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
posthogvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
qlikvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (3)

dogukanurkerllm-dogukanurker-2f45eac5d33b8a26MEDIUM

[R1] Cisco Energy Management Suite Default PostgreSQL Credentials

Dec 5, 2018
qlikllm-qlik-5538e333a2158655MEDIUM

[R1] Cisco Energy Management Suite Default PostgreSQL Credentials

Dec 5, 2018
posthogllm-posthog-05470ad4d6506237MEDIUM

[R1] Cisco Energy Management Suite Default PostgreSQL Credentials

Dec 5, 2018

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181204-ems-sql-passwrd
Vendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2018-42
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry