CVE-2018-0140

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.56% (75th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisco_csaf · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-425USprimaryCWE-200US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)all versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)all versionscisco_csafUS
n/a Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance≤ Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Applianceenisa_euvdEU
cisco content security management appliance= 10.0.0-096nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco content security management appliance= 10.1.0-037nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco content security management appliance= 10.1.0-052nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco content security management appliance= 11.0.0-115nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:content_security_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance firmware= 10.0.1-087nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance firmware= 11.0.0-274nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco email security appliance firmware= 9.8.0-112nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-20180207-esacsmCisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Spam Quarantine Vulnerability2018-02-07csaf · cisco_csafUS
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. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm"]

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-02-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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