CVE-2017-14956
Since there is no anti-CSRF token protecting this functionality, it is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.86% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 13 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- alienvault/unified security management
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.