CVE-2017-6038
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 issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switch, Version 2.0.00 and prior versions. The web application does not sufficiently verify that requests were provided by the user who submitted the request.
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 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed switches (version 2.0.00 and prior) allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious pages, since the application lacks proper request origin verification or anti-CSRF tokens.
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<= 2.0.00CVSS 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
- Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
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 device modelAccess the switch web interface or use SNMP/CLI to retrieve the device model information. Look for 'Gecko Lite' or 'Hirschmann Gecko' in the device identification.Affected if The device is NOT a Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed Switch (if different model, this CVE does not apply).
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Check the firmware versionLog into the web interface and navigate to System > Firmware/Software information, or use the CLI command 'show version' to retrieve the installed firmware version.Affected if The firmware version is 2.0.00 or prior.
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Verify the web interface is accessibleAttempt to access the switch web interface over HTTP/HTTPS by navigating to the switch IP address. Confirm the login page loads.Affected if The web interface is accessible from a network where an attacker could trick an authenticated user into visiting a malicious page.
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Check for anti-CSRF protectionLog into the web interface and examine the HTML forms for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens. Submit a request and inspect whether the application validates the request origin (Origin or Referer headers).Affected if The application forms lack anti-CSRF tokens and the server does not validate request origin headers.
A user is affected if they are running Belden Hirschmann GECKO Lite Managed Switch firmware version 2.0.00 or prior with the web interface accessible, and the application lacks anti-CSRF token validation.
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 vendor firmware update when available; if no update exists, implement network segmentation to limit web interface exposure and use CSRF tokens if the application supports custom authentication mechanisms.
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- Review / QA2.0 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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