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Cisco TelePresence MCU 4500 Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20150709-CVE-2015-4257 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the Cisco TelePresence MCU 4500 Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions. The vulnerability is due to insufficient cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user of a web application into executing an adverse action. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability; however, software updates are not available. 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.

Cisco advisory ·CSAF JSON

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.

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-2015-4257
Cisco Bug IDsCSCuu90710
CVSS ScoreBase 4.3
Base 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
Product Names From Source
Cisco TelePresence MCU Software

Related Products

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