CVE-2018-5455 — A Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking issue was discov

A Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking issue was discovered in Moxa OnCell G3100-HSPA Series version 1.4 Build 16062919 and prior. The application allows a cookie parameter to consist of only digits, allowing an attacker to perform a brute force attack by

01What is this vulnerability?

A Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking issue was discovered in Moxa OnCell G3100-HSPA Series version 1.4 Build 16062919 and prior. The application allows a cookie parameter to consist of only digits, allowing an attacker to perform a brute force attack bypassing authentication and gaining access to device functions.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Moxa OnCell G3100	HSPA Series — Moxa OnCell G3100-HSPA Series

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2018-03-05T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T05:33:44.372Z

09References

• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-060-02