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CVE-2018-15445: Cisco Energy Management Suite Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Energy Management Suite Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated user of the interface to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on a targeted device via a web browser and with the privileges of the user.

Affected products

• Cisco Energy Management Suite: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105859
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-ems-csrf
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-36
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105859
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-ems-csrf
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-36

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