Cisco Policy Suite Graphite Unauthenticated Read-Only Access Vulnerability

Published 7 y ago 2019-01-11 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

5.3

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.9%

percentile 80%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the Graphite web interface of the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) of Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the Graphite web interface. The attacker would need to have access to the internal VLAN where CPS is deployed. The vulnerability is due to lack of authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directly connecting to the Graphite web interface. An exploit could allow the attacker to access various statistics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) regarding the Cisco Policy Suite environment.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago 2024-11-19

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
CNA	3.0	5.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	3.0	3.7	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-cps-graphite-access · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/106517 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-15466
NVD: CVE-2018-15466

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Summary