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Since there is no anti-CSRF token protecting this functionality, it is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":5.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0186,"percentile":0.79382,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-352"],"published":"2017-10-18T18:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:07:02Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-42988","title":"AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) 5.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery","type":"webapps","platform":"php","date":"2017-10-13","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988"}],"products":[{"vendor":"alienvault","product":"unified_security_management"}],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14956"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988"},{"url":"https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compliance-information-via-csrf"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c38c-7jm8-9fjj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-14956","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. 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