CVE-2018-5406

CVE-2018-5406: The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance misconfigures the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism.

Vendor Quest Kace
Product K1000 Appliance
Weakness CWE-284
Published June 3, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 3, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated

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