Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Intermittent Hard-Coded Password Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
A vulnerability in the install function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the administrative web interface using a default hard-coded username and password that are used during install. The vulnerability is due to a hard-coded password that, in some cases, is not replaced with a unique password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the administrative web interface with administrator-level privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15389
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpf3-w2vw-2vqg
References
More Cisco Prime Collaboration vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-00279 SQL injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00280 Improper authentication in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00278 Credentials management flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00277 Credentials management flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00295 Access control flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-00281 Access control flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-15389 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15389 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gpf3-w2vw-2vqg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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