CVE-2015-1391
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 · uneditedAruba AirWave before 8.0.7 allows bypass of a CSRF protection mechanism.
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 confidenceAruba AirWave before version 8.0.7 contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection mechanisms. This could enable an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users through malicious requests.
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>= 8.0.0.0, < 8.0.7CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 if Aruba AirWave is installedLocate the AirWave installation by checking for the service running on the management interface, or look for AirWave-related processes or directories on the system.Affected if Aruba AirWave software is present on the system
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Determine the installed AirWave versionAccess the AirWave web management console and navigate to the About or System Information page to view the software version, or use the command line if available to query the version.Affected if The displayed version is 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.6.x (any version before 8.0.7)
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Confirm CSRF protection is in useCheck if the web interface uses anti-CSRF tokens in forms and requests. Inspect the HTML source of AirWave login or admin pages to verify if a CSRF token or unique session identifier is present in form submissions.Affected if CSRF protection tokens are present and expected to be validated, and the version is in the affected range
The environment is affected if Aruba AirWave version 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.6.x is installed with CSRF protection mechanisms enabled.
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.
dbcve · scoped8.0.7
Upgrade Aruba AirWave to version 8.0.7 or later to obtain the patched CSRF protection mechanism.
8.0.7
- Upgrade Aruba AirWave to version 8.0.7 or later
- After upgrading, verify the CSRF protection mechanism is functioning correctly by testing authenticated operations
- Review Aruba AirWave upgrade documentation for any pre-upgrade steps such as backing up configuration data
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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-2015-1391 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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