CVE-2018-0284

Cisco Meraki Local Status Page Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

N/A

Published: November 8, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC

13 products affected across 1 vendorMeraki Mx 13 FirmwareMeraki Ms 9 FirmwareMeraki Mr 24 Firmware

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the local status page functionality of the Cisco Meraki MR, MS, MX, Z1, and Z3 product lines could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify device configuration files. The vulnerability occurs when handling requests to the local status page. An exploit could allow the attacker to establish an interactive session to the device with elevated privileges. The attacker could then use the elevated privileges to further compromise the device or obtain additional configuration data from the device that is being exploited.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Meraki Mr 24 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 24.13

Affected range stops below 24.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-mr (same device)

Meraki Mr 25 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 25.11

Affected range stops below 25.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-mr (same device)

Meraki Ms 10 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 10.20

Affected range stops below 10.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-ms (same device)

Meraki Ms 9 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 9.37

Affected range stops below 9.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-ms (same device)

Meraki Mx 13 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 13.32

Affected range stops below 13.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-z1 (environment) · cisco-meraki-z3 (environment) · cisco-meraki-mx (same device)

Meraki Mx 14 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 14.25

Affected range stops below 14.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-z1 (environment) · cisco-meraki-z3 (environment) · cisco-meraki-mx (same device)

Meraki Mx 15 Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 15.7

Affected range stops below 15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-meraki-z1 (environment) · cisco-meraki-z3 (environment) · cisco-meraki-mx (same device)

Meraki Mr · Cisco

60%

v < 24.13

Affected range stops below 24.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Meraki Mx · Cisco

60%

v < 13.32

Affected range stops below 13.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Meraki Z1 · Cisco

60%

v < 13.32

Affected range stops below 13.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-meraki

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105878

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

Source: [email protected]

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-meraki

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264NVD-CWE-noinfo

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