Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center - CVE-2017-12253

 

Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center - CVE-2017-12253

Published: September 21, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12253
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The weakness exists due to a lack of cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system and perform arbitrary actions.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12253

Install update from vendor's website.

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