Vulnerability in OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG (CVE-2018-1000557)

Summary

Vulnerability in OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG (CVE-2018-1000557). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG version ocsreports 2.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login form and search functionality that can result in An attacker is able to execute arbitrary (javascript) code within a victims' browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must open a crafted link to the application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in ocsreports 2.4.1.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-1000557 has been found in OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG CVE-2018-1000557" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2018-1000557 (OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで OCS Inventory OCS Inventory NG を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
2
Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000557 ocsinventory-server Fixed in: 2.4.1+dfsg-1

References

advisory ocsinventory-ng.org
report secuvera.de