AlienVault USM CVE-2017-14956 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	101284
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-14956
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 16 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 16 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Julien Ahrens from RCE Security.
Vulnerable:	AlienVault Unified Security Management (UCM) 5.4.2
Not Vulnerable:

AlienVault USM CVE-2017-14956 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

AlienVault USM is prone to an unspecified cross-site request-forgery vulnerability because the application fails to properly validate HTTP requests.

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions and gain access to the affected application. Other attacks are also possible.

AlienVault USM 5.4.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

AlienVault USM CVE-2017-14956 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

AlienVault USM CVE-2017-14956 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

AlienVault USM CVE-2017-14956 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

References:

• Alienvault Homepage (Alienvault)
  
• [RCESEC-2017-002][CVE-2017-14956] AlienVault USM v5.4.2 "/ossim/report/wizard_em (Seclists.org)
  
• CVE-2017-14956: AlienVault USM Leaks Sensitive Compliance Information via CSRF (rcesecurity)