CVE-2018-25236 (GCVE-0-2018-25236)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-03 22:44
Modified
2026-04-06 15:29
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication ()
Summary
Hirschmann HiOS and HiSecOS products RSP, RSPE, RSPS, RSPL, MSP, EES, EESX, GRS, OS, RED, EAGLE contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the HTTP(S) management module that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain administrative access by crafting specially formed HTTP requests. Attackers can exploit improper authentication handling to obtain the authentication status and privileges of a previously authenticated user without providing valid credentials.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Belden Hirschmann HiOS Version: 0   <
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Patch: 06.1.05
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