CVE-2018-5406

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance misconfigures the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism.

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2019 at 06:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsKace Systems Management Appliance FirmwareKACE Systems Management ApplianceKace Systems Management Appliance

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%

Description

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows a remote attacker to exploit the misconfigured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. A malicious internal user could also gain administrator privileges of this appliance and use it to visit a malicious link that exploits this vulnerability. This could cause the application to perform sensitive actions such as adding a new administrator account or changing the appliance’s settings. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could add an administrator-level account or change the appliance's settings.

Affected

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

v < 9.0.270
Affected range stops below 9.0.270, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
quest-kace-systems-management-appliance (same device)
v < 9.0.270
Affected range stops below 9.0.270, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (3)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

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