CVE-2018-6503
MFSBGN03824 rev.1 - ArcSight Management Center, Insufficient Access Control, Reflected Cross Site Scripting, Access Control vulnerability, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Unauthenticated File Download, Directory Traversal Vulnerability
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for vulnerable Access Controls.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
MFSBGN03824 rev.1 - ArcSight Management Center, Insufficient Access Control, Reflected Cross Site Scripting, Access Control vulnerability, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Unauthenticated File Download, Directory Traversal Vulnerability
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for vulnerable Access Controls.
- Record
CVE-2018-6503- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18259
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for vulnerable Access Controls.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18259- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5m24-r73j-2wrc
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC...
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for vulnerable Access Controls.
- Record
GHSA-5m24-r73j-2wrc- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A potential Access Control vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for vulnerable Access Controls.
- Record
CVE-2018-6503- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6503 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hp Arcsight Management Center, published September 20, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.14%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.