CVE-2018-15401
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on an affected system via a web browser and with the privileges of the user.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillmentcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- cisco hosted collaboration mediation fulfillment= 11.5(2)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_mediation_fulfillment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco hosted collaboration mediation fulfillment= 11.5(3)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_mediation_fulfillment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco hosted collaboration mediation fulfillment= 12.5(1)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_mediation_fulfillment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrfCisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability2018-10-03csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on an affected system via a web browser and with the privileges of the user. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrf ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrf"]
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references (3)
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrfcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrfenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-hcmf-csrfVendor Advisorynvd
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