Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20150707-CVE-2015-4242 · Medium · Published · Updated

Data: Cisco advisories · Cisco CSAF · NVD CVEs · NVD CPEs · CISA KEV · EPSS

A vulnerability in the Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions. The vulnerability is due to insufficient cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user of a web application into executing an adverse action. If successful, the attacker could submit arbitrary requests and take unauthorized actions on behalf of the targeted user. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability and released software updates. To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions to persuade the user to follow the provided link. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate updates.

Users should verify that unsolicited links are safe to follow.

For additional information about cross-site request forgery attacks and potential mitigation methods, see the Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin Understanding Cross-Site Request Forgery Threat Vectorshttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAMBAlert.x?alertId=28726 .

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2015-4242
Cisco Bug IDsCSCut44140 , CSCut44216 , CSCuu47727 , CSCuu94721
CVSS ScoreBase 4.3
Base 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

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