Cross-site request forgery in Citect Anywhere - CVE-2017-7969
Published: September 26, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38196
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7969
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Affected software:
Citect Anywhere
Citect Anywhere
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7969
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.