CVE-2018-6408
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 · uneditedAn issue was discovered on Conceptronic CIPCAMPTIWL V3 0.61.30.21 devices. CSRF exists in hy-cgi/user.cgi, as demonstrated by changing an administrator password or adding a new administrator account.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface (hy-cgi/user.cgi) of the Conceptronic CIPCAMPTIWL V3 camera firmware 0.61.30.21 allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly performing privileged actions such as changing the administrator password or creating new administrative accounts.
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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= 00.30.01.0047p3= 0.61.30.21CVSS 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 Conceptronic CIPCAMPTIWL V3 cameras on your networkScan your network for devices with vendor identifier 'Conceptronic' and model 'CIPCAMPTIWL' or 'Cipcamptiwl'. Check DHCP lease tables, network scans, or inventory records.Affected if You have any Conceptronic CIPCAMPTIWL V3 cameras deployed on your network.
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Check the device firmware versionAccess the camera web interface (typically at http://[camera-ip]/) and navigate to the system or status page to view the firmware version. Alternatively, check your device documentation for how to retrieve firmware version via telnet or SNMP if the web interface is unavailable.Affected if The displayed firmware version is 00.30.01.0047p3 or the web firmware version is 0.61.30.21.
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Verify if the web interface is accessibleAttempt to reach the camera's web interface at http://[camera-ip]/hy-cgi/user.cgi or http://[camera-ip]/ - confirm the HTTP service responds.Affected if The web interface is reachable from your network (local or remote). CSRF requires the victim to access the web interface while authenticated.
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Inspect user.cgi for anti-CSRF protectionsCapture a legitimate state-changing request (like changing password or adding user) using browser dev tools or a proxy. Examine if the request includes a token parameter (such as 'token', 'csrf', 'nonce', or similar) that changes with each session.Affected if The request contains no unpredictable token or unique parameter to validate the request origin - indicating the anti-CSRF protection is missing.
You are affected if you have a Conceptronic CIPCAMPTIWL V3 camera running firmware 00.30.01.0047p3 (or web firmware 0.61.30.21) with an accessible web interface that lacks anti-CSRF tokens in state-changing requests.
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 in all state-changing requests within the web interface; if firmware updates are unavailable, isolate the device on a restricted network segment or disable remote web administration access.
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