MediasenseApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-0671
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 · uneditedOpen redirect vulnerability in Cisco MediaSense allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via an unspecified parameter, aka Bug ID CSCum16749.
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 · moderate confidenceOpen redirect vulnerability in Cisco MediaSense enables remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external websites by manipulating an unspecified parameter. This allows phishing attacks where victims are lured to malicious sites via the trusted Cisco interface.
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
MediasenseApplication
all versionsCVSS 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
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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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Confirm Cisco MediaSense is installedCheck for MediaSense processes running on the server (look for mediasense or related Java processes) or check installed applications listAffected if MediaSense is present - all versions are affected by this vulnerability
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Identify MediaSense web interface exposureLocate the MediaSense administration URL (typically ports 7000/7001 or 443) and verify the web interface is accessible from network locations where users could be tricked into clicking malicious linksAffected if The MediaSense web interface is externally accessible or reachable from untrusted networks
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Review web access logs for redirect patternsSearch MediaSense web logs for requests containing suspicious URL parameters that might indicate open redirect exploitation (look for patterns like 'redirect=', 'url=', 'next=', 'dest=' pointing to external domains)Affected if Logs show redirect attempts to untrusted or external domains not belonging to your organization
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Check redirect destination allowlist configurationExamine MediaSense configuration files or admin settings for any redirect destination allowlists or URL validation rulesAffected if No allowlist exists or external domains are permitted in redirect destinations
If Cisco MediaSense is present and its web interface is accessible, the environment is affected since all versions contain this open redirect vulnerability.
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 dataApply the Cisco patch for Bug ID CSCum16749. Until the vendor patch is available, implement URL validation to whitelist allowed redirect destinations and monitor for suspicious redirect patterns in logs.
Fix this in Mediasense
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-0671 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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