CVE-2017-14956

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

AlienVault USM v5.4.2 and earlier offers authenticated users the functionality of exporting generated reports via the "/ossim/report/wizard_email.php" script. Besides offering an export via a local download, the script also offers the possibility to send out any report via email to a given address (either in PDF or XLS format). Since there is no anti-CSRF token protecting this functionality, it is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Affected products

Alienvault Unified Security Management: through 5.4.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/

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