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CVE-2018-18941: Vignette Content Management: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-18941 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.0 base score of 9.8 and affects Vignette Content Management. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

In Vignette Content Management version 6, it is possible to gain remote access to administrator privileges by discovering the admin password in the vgn/ccb/user/mgmt/user/edit/0,1628,0,00.html?uid=admin HTML source code, and then creating a privileged user account. NOTE: this product is discontinued.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.0 9.8: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
  • Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
  • Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
  • User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
  • Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
  • Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
  • Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.

Underlying weakness

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected products

  • Vignette Content Management: 6

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