What is CVE-2018-17213?

CVE-2018-17213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Printeron Central Print Services, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-17213?

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

Auth bypass in Printeron Central Print Services

CVE-2018-17213

An issue was discovered in PrinterOn Central Print Services (CPS) through 4.1.4. A user without valid credentials can bypass the authentication process, obtaining a valid session cookie with guest/pseudo-guest level privileges. This cookie can then be further used to perform other attacks.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Printeron Central_print_services
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17213?: CVE-2018-17213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Printeron Central Print Services, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-17213?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.