CVE-2017-14956
AlienVault USM v5.4.2 and earlier offers authenticated users the functionality of exporting generated reports via the…
- 5.7MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) 5.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 42988webapps, phppublished 13 Oct 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 42988 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 42988 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 101284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20171013 [RCESEC-2017-002][CVE-2017-14956] AlienVault USM v5.4.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20171013 [RCESEC-2017-002][CVE-2017-14956] AlienVault USM v5.4.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-6432 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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