CVE-2011-1545
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HP Insight Control Performance Management before 6.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHP Insight Control Performance Management before version 6.3 contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. The application fails to properly validate that requests originate from legitimate user sessions, allowing remote attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests that perform unauthorized actions on their behalf.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 6.2= 5.0= 5.2= 5.2.2= 6.0= 6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed version of HP Insight Control Performance ManagementCheck the software version through the product's About page in the web interface, or query the software inventory on the system where the application is installed. Look for version information in the application itself or in installed program listings.Affected if The version is 6.2 or lower, or specifically 5.0, 5.2, 5.2.2, 6.0, or 6.1.
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Confirm the application web interface is accessibleVerify that the HP Insight Control web interface is accessible to users or attackers. This is typically accessed over HTTP/HTTPS on the port configured during installation.Affected if The web interface is exposed and users are authenticated to the application.
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Check if anti-CSRF protections are implemented in the applicationReview application configuration files or perform a code review to determine if anti-CSRF tokens or unique request identifiers are validated with each form submission or state-changing request. Inspect the application's session management configuration.Affected if No anti-CSRF token validation mechanism is found in the application configuration or request handling logic.
A user is affected if HP Insight Control Performance Management version 6.2 or lower (specifically 5.0, 5.2, 5.2.2, 6.0, or 6.1) is installed and the web interface is accessible to authenticated users without proper anti-CSRF protections.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade HP Insight Control Performance Management to version 6.3 or later, which includes proper anti-CSRF protections. Additionally, implement complementary defenses such as SameSite cookie attributes and Origin header validation at the web application firewall level while the upgrade is being planned.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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