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CVE-2018-5405

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5405 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Quest Kace K1000 Appliance versions prior to 9.0.270. An authenticated user with "User Console Only" rights can inject arbitrary JavaScript code on the tickets page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but could lead to session hijacking, including administrator sessions, due to improper neutralization of user-controlled input. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-46956), and it has received some community and media attention, indicating awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.270CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46956 · Jun 3, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0368 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/153150/Dell-KACE-System-Management-Appliance-SMA-XSS-SQL-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
support.quest.com / kb/288310/cert-coordination-center-report-update
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/877837
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource