CVE-2018-10240

Description

SolarWinds Serv-U MFT before 15.1.6 HFv1 assigns authenticated users a low-entropy session token that can be included in requests to the application as a URL parameter in lieu of a session cookie. This session token's value can be brute-forced by an attacker to obtain the corresponding session cookie and hijack the user's session.

Category

7.3
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.35% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory bishopfox.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.bishopfox.com/news/2018/05/solarwinds-serv-u-managed-file-transfer-insufficient-session-id-entropy/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10240?
CVE-2018-10240 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10240?
To fix CVE-2018-10240, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-10240 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-10240 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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