CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-5406.md

### [CVE-2018-5406](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5406)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=K1000%20Appliance&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=9.0.270%3C%209.0.270%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-284&color=brighgreen)

### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153150/Dell-KACE-System-Management-Appliance-SMA-XSS-SQL-Injection.html
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877837/

#### Github
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