A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system
Published Feb 22, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.51%
Description
A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper security restrictions that are imposed by the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting an empty password value to an affected portal when prompted to enter an administrative password for the portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrator privileges for the web-based service portal of the affected software. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg29809.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco Elastic Services Controller Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco Elastic Services ControllerStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco Elastic Services Controller | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- 3.0.0
Configuration 2
- 3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Dec 2, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02514) | 84.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02657) | 83.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 21, 2025 | 3.64% (0.03640) | 87.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 90.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.78% (0.04783) | 82.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.66% (0.06656) | 90.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 73.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 72.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 69.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 73.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.94th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.32th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 58.25th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103113 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-esc x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103113 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-esc | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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