Cisco Energy Management Suite Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Energy Management Suite Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated user of the interface to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on a targeted device via a web browser and with the privileges of the user.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15445
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcfx-q2mg-86rq
References
More Cisco Energy Management Suite Software vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-11004 Cisco Energy Management Suite XML External Entity Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2018-15445 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15445 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wcfx-q2mg-86rq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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