Cisco Policy Suite Graphite Unauthenticated Read-Only Access Vulnerability

published 2019-01-11 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7344

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the Graphite web interface of the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) of Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the Graphite web interface. The attacker would need to have access to the internal VLAN where CPS is deployed. The vulnerability is due to lack of authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directly connecting to the Graphite web interface. An exploit could allow the attacker to access various statistics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) regarding the Cisco Policy Suite environment.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-19)

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-cps-graphite-access
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106517
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15466
NVD CVE-2018-15466

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Summary