CVE-2015-2770
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 the command line page in Websense TRITON V-Series appliances before 8.0.0 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 · moderate confidenceCVE-2015-2770 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the command line interface page of Websense TRITON V-Series appliances running software versions prior to 8.0.0. The flaw allows remote attackers to trick authenticated users into executing unintended administrative commands by forging malicious requests, effectively hijacking the victim's session credentials.
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<= 7.7CVSS 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
- 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 Websense appliance modelLog into the appliance admin interface or check system information to confirm the device is a Websense TRITON V-Series appliance.Affected if The device is a Websense TRITON V-Series appliance.
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Check the installed software versionAccess the appliance administration console or run the command to display the software version (typically found in Help > About or system status).Affected if The installed version is 7.7 or lower (any version prior to 8.0.0).
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Verify the CLI web interface is enabledCheck the appliance configuration to determine if the command line interface web portal is enabled and accessible remotely.Affected if The CLI web interface is enabled and exposed (this is the vulnerable component).
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Inspect for anti-CSRF protectionExamine the HTML source of the CLI page for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens (look for hidden form fields with token values or token validation in requests).Affected if No anti-CSRF tokens are present in the CLI page forms, or the application does not validate them on POST requests.
You are affected if you run a Websense TRITON V-Series appliance with software version 7.7 or lower and have the CLI web interface enabled without anti-CSRF token protection.
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 Websense TRITON V-Series appliances to version 8.0.0 or later, which includes proper anti-CSRF token validation on the command line page. If immediate patching is not feasible, implement CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations and validate the Origin/Referer headers as a temporary mitigation.
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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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