CVE-2015-2848
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 Honeywell Tuxedo Touch before 5.2.19.0_VA allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests associated with home-automation commands, as demonstrated by a door-unlock command.
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 confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Honeywell Tuxedo Touch home automation controller before version 5.2.19.0_VA allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of legitimate users by tricking them into submitting crafted requests. This enables unauthorized execution of home automation commands such as door-unlock operations without the user's consent.
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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<= 5.1.13.0_vaCVSS 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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Locate Honeywell Tuxedo Touch device on networkScan the network for devices responding to HTTP/HTTPS on typical ports (80, 443, 8080) and identify Honeywell Tuxedo Touch via web interface banner or mDNS/UPnP service announcementsAffected if Device is present and accessible on the network
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Determine firmware versionLog into the Tuxedo Touch web interface and navigate to the Settings or About page to view the firmware version displayed as 'VA' build numberAffected if Firmware version is below 5.2.19.0_VA (versions <= 5.1.13.0_va are explicitly affected)
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Verify web interface accessibilityConfirm the device web management interface is reachable from network segments where users operateAffected if Web interface is exposed without network segmentation or access controls
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Inspect web responses for CSRF protectionsSubmit a request to the web interface and examine HTTP response headers or form HTML for presence of anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookie attributes, or Referer validationAffected if No CSRF tokens or SameSite cookie attributes are present in authenticated session responses
A user is affected if a Honeywell Tuxedo Touch controller with firmware version below 5.2.19.0_VA is in use and its web interface is accessible, since the absence of anti-CSRF protections enables remote command execution.
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 dataUpdate Honeywell Tuxedo Touch firmware to version 5.2.19.0_VA or later, which includes anti-CSRF protections. If update is unavailable, restrict network access to the device and implement CSRF tokens on any custom web interfaces.
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