What is CVE-2018-17287?

CVE-2018-17287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-17287?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server

CVE-2018-17287

In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as passwords, are obfuscated in the front-end, but the cleartext value can be exfiltrated by using the back-end "download" feature, as demonstrated by an mfp.password downloadsettingvalue operation.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Kofax Front_office_server — versions 4.1.1.11.0.5212
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17287?: CVE-2018-17287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-17287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.