What is CVE-2018-5413?

CVE-2018-5413 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-5413?

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

Vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere

CVE-2018-5413

Imperva SecureSphere running v13.0, v12.0, or v11.5 allows low privileged users to add SSH login keys to the admin user, resulting in privilege escalation.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.5th 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

Imperva Securesphere — versions unspecified, 12.0, 13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250
CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cret@cert.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5413?: CVE-2018-5413 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imperva Securesphere, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-5413?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.