Cloud Services Platform 2100 FirmwareOperating system · Cisco
CVE-2018-0454
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 Cloud Services Platform 2100 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending customized commands to the web-based management interface.
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 · moderate confidenceCommand injection vulnerability in Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100's web-based management interface allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied command parameters.
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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
Cloud Services Platform 2100 FirmwareOperating system
= 2.2\(4\)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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 the device modelAccess the device console or web interface and verify the product name displays as 'Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100'Affected if The device is not a Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100
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Check the firmware versionLog into the web-based management interface and navigate to Administration > System Software, or run 'show version' via CLI to display the firmware versionAffected if The displayed firmware version is exactly 2.2(4)
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Verify web-based management interface statusCheck if the web-based management interface (HTTP/HTTPS) is enabled by reviewing the interface configuration via CLI with 'show running-config | include http' or through the web UI under Management > HTTP ServerAffected if The web-based management interface is enabled and reachable on the network
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Confirm authentication configurationReview user accounts and authentication settings in the web interface under Administration > User Management, or via CLI with 'show running-config | include username'Affected if There exists at least one configured user account that can authenticate to the web interface
The environment is affected only if the device is a Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100 running firmware version 2.2(4) with the web-based management interface enabled and at least one user account configured for 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 Cisco vendor patches when available. Restrict access to the web-based management interface to trusted networks or users only, and implement least-privilege authentication controls.
Fix this in Cloud Services Platform 2100 Firmware
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-2018-0454 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- 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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