CVE-2014-6253
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 · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka ZEN-12653.
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 confidenceMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Zenoss Core through version 5 Beta 3 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the application.
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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<= 5.0.0= 2.4.0= 2.4.5= 2.5.0= 2.5.1= 2.5.2= 3.0.0= 3.0.1= 3.0.2= 3.0.3= 3.1.0= 3.2.0CVSS 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 Zenoss Core versionRun 'zenhub --version' or check the Zenoss administrative interface (Help > About) for the installed version numberAffected if The installed version matches <= 5.0.0, = 2.4.0, = 2.4.5, = 2.5.0, = 2.5.1, = 2.5.2, = 3.0.0, = 3.0.1, = 3.0.2, = 3.0.3, = 3.1.0, or = 3.2.0
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Confirm Zenoss Core web interface is accessibleAccess the Zenoss web application at its HTTP/HTTPS endpoint and log in as an authenticated userAffected if The web interface is exposed and users have active sessions
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Inspect form submissions for anti-CSRF tokensExamine HTML forms in the Zenoss web interface (using browser developer tools or by viewing page source) for hidden input fields containing anti-CSRF tokens, or check API requests for token parametersAffected if Forms and state-changing operations lack anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) in their requests
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Check Referer/Origin header validationReview Zenoss configuration files (typically in $ZENHOME/etc or web server config) for Referer or Origin header validation on POST requestsAffected if There is no validation of Referer or Origin headers on state-changing POST requests
You are affected if Zenoss Core version is in the listed affected versions AND the web interface lacks anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing operations AND does not validate Referer/Origin headers.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations and validate the Referer/Origin header on POST requests to prevent unauthorized request execution.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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