CVE-2018-17918: Circontrol CirCarLife all versions prior to 4.3.1, authentication to the device can be bypassed by entering the URL of a specific page.

PriorityP261critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.81%

88.7th percentile

Circontrol CirCarLife all versions prior to 4.3.1, authentication to the device can be bypassed by entering the URL of a specific page.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
circontrol	circarlife_firmware	< 4.3.1	4.3.1

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

→Authentication bypass can be triggered by directly navigating to the URL of a specific page on the CirCarLife device, bypassing the normal authentication flow — monitor for unauthenticated direct URL access to internal/admin pages on CirCarLife devices. ↗
→PAP credentials are stored in cleartext in a log file accessible without authentication — monitor for unauthenticated HTTP GET requests to log file paths on CirCarLife devices (related CVE-2018-17922, same advisory/attack surface). ↗

·The specific URL path used to bypass authentication is not disclosed in the advisory; the exact page URL required to exploit CVE-2018-17918 is not publicly documented in these sources. ↗
·No known public exploits specifically targeting these vulnerabilities were identified at time of advisory publication. ↗
·All CirCarLife versions prior to 4.3.1 are affected; patched version 4.3.1 is available from the vendor's expert area portal (login required). ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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