Hosted Collaboration Mediation FulfillmentApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-6454
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 · uneditedA cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment application could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions. More Information: CSCva54241. Known Affected Releases: 11.5(1). Known Fixed Releases: 11.5(0.98000.216).
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment web interface allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trick authenticated users into executing unintended actions by sending malicious requests. The attacker does not need credentials but relies on the victim having an active session and being coerced into triggering the crafted request.
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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
Hosted Collaboration Mediation FulfillmentApplication
= 10.6\(1\).0= 10.6\(2\).0= 10.6\(3\).0= 11.5\(1\).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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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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Identify the installed version of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation FulfillmentLog into the web interface and navigate to the About or Administration section, or use CLI commands if available to retrieve the software versionAffected if The version matches 10.6(1).0, 10.6(2).0, 10.6(3).0, or 11.5(1).0 exactly
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Confirm the web interface is accessibleVerify that the Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment web interface is reachable on the networkAffected if The web interface is exposed and the version is in the affected list
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Inspect web forms for anti-CSRF tokensLog into the web interface and view the HTML source of state-changing forms (such as configuration or user management pages) to check for the presence of unique tokens or session identifiers in hidden fieldsAffected if Forms lack anti-CSRF tokens and the installed version is in the affected list
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Check application logs for CSRF validation errorsReview application or web server logs for CSRF-related error messages or validation failuresAffected if No CSRF validation is occurring and the version is affected
A user is affected if the installed version is exactly 10.6(1).0, 10.6(2).0, 10.6(3).0, or 11.5(1).0 and the web interface lacks anti-CSRF protections.
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 vendor patch (upgrade to version 11.5(0.98000.216) or later). If immediate patching is not possible, implement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing web interface operations and enable CSRF validation at the application layer.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-6454 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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