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CVE-2013-1153

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-03-07
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface in Cisco Prime Infrastructure allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka Bug ID CSCue84676.

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 confidence

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure web interface. Attackers can craft malicious requests that execute within an authenticated user's session, allowing unauthorized actions to be performed on behalf of legitimate users.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations, validate Referer/Origin headers, and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Prime InfrastructureApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Cisco Prime Infrastructure is deployed
    Inventory your systems for Cisco Prime Infrastructure installations. Check running services, installed applications, or container images that contain 'cisco' and 'prime' or 'infrastructure' in their names or descriptions.
    Affected if Cisco Prime Infrastructure software is present in the environment
  2. Verify the web interface is accessible
    Check if port 443, 8080, or the web management port for Cisco Prime Infrastructure is open and responding. Use network scanning or check firewall rules to determine web interface accessibility.
    Affected if The Cisco Prime Infrastructure web interface is reachable over the network
  3. Identify state-changing operations
    Review the web application for functions that modify data or system state, such as user management, configuration changes, device provisioning, or administrative actions. These are the endpoints vulnerable to CSRF exploitation.
    Affected if State-modifying operations exist in the web interface without proper protection
  4. Check for anti-CSRF token implementation
    Examine the application's HTML forms and AJAX requests for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens. Inspect the source code of state-changing pages to see if unique tokens are generated and validated for each request.
    Affected if State-changing operations lack anti-CSRF token validation or do not verify token integrity
  5. Inspect Referer/Origin header validation
    Review server-side code or configuration to determine if the application validates the Referer or Origin headers on state-changing requests to ensure requests originate from the legitimate site.
    Affected if The application does not validate Referer or Origin headers on sensitive operations

If Cisco Prime Infrastructure is running with an accessible web interface that contains state-changing operations lacking anti-CSRF token protection or Referer/Origin validation, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations, validate Referer/Origin headers, and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.

Fix this in Prime Infrastructure Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,800
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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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