Network Level ServiceApplication · Cisco
CVE-2018-0446
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 web-based management interface of Cisco Industrial Network Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious, customized link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on the affected device via a web browser and with the privileges of the user.
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 confidenceCisco Industrial Network Director's web-based management interface lacks sufficient CSRF protection mechanisms. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft malicious links that, when clicked by an authenticated user, cause the user's browser to send unintended requests to the vulnerable web interface. Since the browser automatically includes session cookies, the attacker can perform arbitrary actions with the privileges of the authenticated user.
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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
Network Level ServiceApplication
= 1.5\(0.128\)CVSS 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
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 Industrial Network Director installationLocate the Cisco Industrial Network Director application on the system or network. Check for services running on typical web ports (443, 8443) that serve the Cisco Industrial Network Director interface.Affected if The product is installed and running on the system.
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Determine the installed version of Network Level ServiceAccess the web management interface and navigate to the About or Version section, or check system inventory/overview pages for the Cisco Network Level Service version number.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.5(0.128).
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Verify web-based management interface is accessibleConfirm the web-based management interface is enabled and reachable by attempting to access the login page via HTTP/HTTPS.Affected if The web interface is enabled and accessible to users.
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Confirm authenticated session handlingLog into the web interface with valid credentials and verify that session cookies are automatically included in subsequent requests without requiring re-authentication.Affected if Session cookies are automatically sent with requests (standard session-based authentication).
The environment is affected if Cisco Industrial Network Director with Cisco Network Level Service version 1.5(0.128) is installed and its web-based management interface is accessible to users.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) for all state-changing operations in the web interface, validate the Origin/Referer headers on POST requests, and consider SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin requests.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-0446 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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