RSA Web Threat Detection SQL Injection Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
RSA Web Threat Detection versions prior to 6.4, contain an SQL injection vulnerability in the Administration and Forensics applications. An authenticated malicious user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute SQL commands on the back-end database to gain unauthorized access to the tool's monitoring and user information by supplying specially crafted input data to the affected application.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Web Threat Detection (RSA) Fixed in 6.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1252
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j738-m767-7w6j
References
More RSA Web Threat Detection vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-03812 SQL injection vulnerability in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection 4.x before 4.6.1.1 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-03826 EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2015-00500 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2016-00828 Cross-site scripting in RSA Web Threat Detection RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.0… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2015-03825 EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 stores a cleartext AnnoDB password in a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
Sources
- CVE-2018-1252 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1252 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j738-m767-7w6j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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