CVE-2018-1163 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Quest NetVault Backup 11.2.0.13. This flaw resides in the JSON RPC Request handling, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication by manipulating the 'checksession' parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling unauthenticated attackers to access critical functions and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when chained with other vulnerabilities. Despite its high severity and potential impact, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
11.2.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:netvault_backup:11.2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.