CVE-2018-5405

MEDIUM

Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance Firmware < 9.0.270 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Tickets Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5405.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed technical writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in Dell KACE Appliance, including Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2018-5404) and Stored XSS (CVE-2018-5405). It provides proof-of-concept steps, HTTP request examples, and analysis of the vulnerabilities.

Description

The Quest Kace K1000 Appliance, versions prior to 9.0.270, allows an authenticated least privileged user with 'User Console Only' rights to potentially inject arbitrary JavaScript code on the tickets page. Script execution could allow a malicious user of the system to steal session cookies of other users including Administrator and take over their session. This can further be exploited to launch other attacks. The software also does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other user. An authenticated user with 'user console only' rights may inject arbitrary JavaScript, which could result in an attacker taking over a session of others, including an Administrator.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46956

This is a detailed technical writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in Dell KACE Appliance, including Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2018-5404) and Stored XSS (CVE-2018-5405). It provides proof-of-concept steps, HTTP request examples, and analysis of the vulnerabilities.

Classification
Writeup 95%
Attack Type
Sqli | Xss
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Dell KACE Appliance (versions prior to 9.0.270 PATCH SEC2018_20180410)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to the KACE appliance · User with 'User Console Only' or 'Read Only Administrator' rights
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877837/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0368
EPSS Percentile 88.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
quest/kace_systems_management_appliance_firmware < 9.0.270
Published Jun 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026