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CVE-2018-0318· NVD / CVE Program· CNA cisco

A vulnerability in the password reset function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attack

A vulnerability in the password reset function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a password reset request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a password reset request and changing the password for any user on an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative-level privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) Releases 11.6 and prior. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd07245.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jun 7, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.1% · 87th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

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CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
ciscoprime collaboration
ciscoprime collaboration provisioning

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cisco prime collaborationup to 12.1 inclusive
  • cisco prime collaboration provisioningup to 11.6 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown

    • Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknownaffected

Same product

cisco: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2018-0319A vulnerability in the password recovery function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote att
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  • CVE-2018-15389Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Intermittent Hard-Coded Password Vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2018-0336A vulnerability in the batch provisioning feature of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2018-0322A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an authenticated, remote attacke
    36Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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