In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as…
Priority LOW 23CWE-311Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-311 and CWE-345.
Summary
In Kofax Front Office Server Administration Console 4.1.1.11.0.5212, some fields, such as passwords, are obfuscated in the front-end, but the cleartext value can be exfiltrated by using the back-end "download" feature, as demonstrated by an mfp.password downloadsettingvalue operation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00426 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17287
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pjpc-vgm9-wp5g
References
More Kofax Front Office Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-12337 An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Kofax Front Office Server Administration… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2018-12336 Kofax Front Office Server version 4.1.1.11.0.5212 (both Thin Client and Administration… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2018-17287 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-17287 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pjpc-vgm9-wp5g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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