Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco FireSIGHT Management Center which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user of a web application into executing an adverse action. If successful, the attacker could submit arbitrary requests and take unauthorized actions on behalf of the targeted user.

Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability and released software updates.

To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions to persuade the user to follow the provided link.

Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.