CVE-2018-5406

High

Description

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows a remote attacker to exploit the misconfigured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. A malicious internal user could also gain administrator privileges of this appliance and use it to visit a malicious link that exploits this vulnerability. This could cause the application to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could add an administrator-level account or change the appliance's settings.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductQuest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware
PublishedJun 3, 2019
First seenJun 3, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • quest kace_systems_management_appliance_firmware9.0.270 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
quest kace_systems_management_appliance_firmwarev < 9.0.2709.0.270

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