Prime CollaborationApplication · Cisco
CVE-2018-0318
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability in the password reset function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a password reset request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a password reset request and changing the password for any user on an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative-level privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) Releases 11.6 and prior. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd07245.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAn unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit insufficient validation in the password reset function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) to reset passwords for any user on the system. By submitting a crafted password reset request, the attacker can gain administrative-level privileges on the affected device.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Prime CollaborationApplication
<= 12.1
Prime Collaboration ProvisioningApplication
<= 11.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Cisco Prime Collaboration product installationLocate the installed Cisco Prime Collaboration or Prime Collaboration Provisioning application on the system. Check the application directory or use system inventory tools to confirm the product name.Affected if The product is Cisco Prime Collaboration (any version up to 12.1) or Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (any version up to 11.6)
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Determine the installed version numberAccess the application's about page, check the version file, or use the application's administrative interface to retrieve the exact version number installed.Affected if The installed version is 12.1 or lower for Cisco Prime Collaboration, or 11.6 or lower for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
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Verify management interface network exposureCheck network configuration to determine if the Cisco PCP management interface is accessible from untrusted networks. Review firewall rules, ACLs, and interface bindings.Affected if The management interface is directly exposed to the internet or untrusted networks without proper access controls
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Review authentication and access control configurationExamine the application's security settings to confirm whether the password reset function is enabled and accessible without authentication.Affected if Password reset functionality is enabled and accessible to unauthenticated users
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Inspect logs for password reset anomaliesSearch application and system logs for password reset requests, especially those targeting administrative accounts, occurring at unusual times or from unexpected IP addresses.Affected if Password reset requests are observed for accounts that were not initiated by legitimate users, or logs show password reset activity from unknown sources
A user is affected if Cisco Prime Collaboration (version 12.1 or lower) or PCP (version 11.6 or lower) is installed and the password reset function is network-accessible without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Cisco patch for CVE-2018-0318 or upgrade Cisco PCP to a release beyond 11.6. If patching is not immediately possible, restrict network access to the management interface and monitor for unauthorized password reset attempts.
Fix this in Prime Collaboration
Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-0318 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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