CVE-2018-3815: stalker communigate_pro Improper Authentication

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-3815 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Improper Authentication vulnerability in stalker communigate_pro. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-01-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The "XML Interface to Messaging, Scheduling, and Signaling" (XIMSS) protocol implementation in CommuniGate Pro (CGP) 6.2 suffers from a Missing XIMSS Protocol Validation attack that leads to an email spoofing attack, allowing a malicious authenticated attacker to send a message from any source email address. The attack uses an HTTP POST request to a /Session URI, and interchanges the XML From and To elements.

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.