What is CVE-2018-5921?

CVE-2018-5921 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP A2w75a, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-5921?

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

CSRF in HP A2w75a

CVE-2018-5921

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain HP printers and MFPs in 2405129_000052 and other firmware versions. This vulnerability is known as Cross Site Request Forgery, and could potentially be exploited remotely to allow elevation of privilege.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

hp-security-alert@hp.com (Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5921?: CVE-2018-5921 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP A2w75a, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-5921?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.