What is CVE-2018-0148?

CVE-2018-0148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ucs Director, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-0148?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Cisco Ucs Director

CVE-2018-0148

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director Software and Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protection by the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the affected interface to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions, via the user's web browser and with the user's privileges, on an affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf71929.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-02-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Ucs Director — versions 6.5(0.0.65832), 6.5\(0.0.65832\)
Cisco Ucs Director And Integrated Management Controller Supervisor — versions Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103141 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040412 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0148?: CVE-2018-0148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ucs Director, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-0148?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.