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TI-2018-01158 Aliases CVE-2018-1253GHSA-cjcj-55rf-3pcm

Stored cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager

Priority LOW 30CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

RSA Authentication Manager Operation Console, versions 8.3 P1 and earlier, contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious Operations Console administrator could potentially exploit this vulnerability to store arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code through the web interface. When other Operations Console administrators open the affected page, the injected scripts could potentially be executed in their browser.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01449 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Authentication Manager (RSA): 8.3 P1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
RSAAuthentication Managerbefore 8.3 P18.3 P1Patch availableCNA
  • Authentication Manager VendorRSA Affected before 8.3 P1 Fixed in 8.3 P1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7.0VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp2VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp3VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp4VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 p1VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1 sp1VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2VulnerableEMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp2 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp3 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp4 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 p1 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 sp1 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 Vulnerable ·EMC
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.2 sp1VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3VulnerableEMC
cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3 p1VulnerableEMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 sp1 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3 Vulnerable ·EMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:8.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3 p1 Vulnerable ·EMC

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Authentication Manager (RSA) Fixed in 8.3 P1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1253
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjcj-55rf-3pcm

References

  • TI-2005-04464 Stack-based buffer overflow in IISWebAgentIF.dll in RSA Authentication Agent for Web (aka… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2007-02334 Heap-based buffer overflow in _mprosrv.exe in Progress Software Progress 9.1E and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2024-16531 XML external entity injection in RSA Authentication Manager CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2024-32115 In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-07844 Out-of-bounds read in RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-10489 Improper authentication in RSA Authentication Agent for Web for Apache Web Server RSA… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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