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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2017-14956 json

AlienVault USM v5.4.2 and earlier offers authenticated users the functionality of exporting generated reports via the "/ossim/report/wizard…

published 2017-10-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6432

cvss
5.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42988)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42988 AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) 5.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery webapps, 2017-10-13
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • rcesecurity.com https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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