What is CVE-2018-12678?

CVE-2018-12678 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-12678?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SSRF in Portainer

CVE-2018-12678

Portainer before 1.18.0 supports unauthenticated requests to the websocket endpoint with an unvalidated id query parameter for the /websocket/exec endpoint, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions or conduct SSRF attacks.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Portainer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12678?: CVE-2018-12678 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portainer, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-12678?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.