MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-2805

Omniswitch Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in sec/content/sec_asa_users_local_db_add.html in the management web interface in Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450, 6250, 6850E, 9000E, 6400, 6855, 6900, 10K, and 6860 with firmware 6.4.5.R02, 6.4.6.R01, 6.6.4.R01, 6.6.5.R02, 7.3.2.R01, 7.3.3.R01, 7.3.4.R01, and 8.1.1.R01 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create users via a crafted request.
Affected vendor
Alcatel Lucent
Affected product
Omniswitch Firmware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Published
2015-06-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2805

  • Confirm whether Alcatel Lucent Omniswitch Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2805.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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