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CVE-2018-0087 — A vulnerability in the FTP server of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) coul

A vulnerability in the FTP server of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the FTP server of the device without a valid password. The attacker does need to have a valid username. The vulnerability is due to incorrect F

CVSS
EPSS
28.00% (top 49.00%)
CWE
CWE-287
Published
2018-03-08T07:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-12-02T20:59:59.861Z
CVSS vector

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the FTP server of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the FTP server of the device without a valid password. The attacker does need to have a valid username. The vulnerability is due to incorrect FTP user credential validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using FTP to connect to the management…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco Web Security ApplianceCisco Web Security Appliance

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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