CVE-2018-0140: Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download any message from the spam quarantine by modifying browser string information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of verification of authenticated user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying browser strings to see messages submitted by other users to the spam quarantine within their company. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg39759, CSCvg42295.

Affected products

• Cisco Content Security Management Appliance: version 10.0.0-096 only; version 10.1.0-037 only; version 10.1.0-052 only; version 11.0.0-115 only
• Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware: version 9.8.0-112 only; version 10.0.1-087 only; version 11.0.0-274 only

Published 2018-02-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.