CVE-2017-7556
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 · uneditedHawtio versions up to and including 1.5.3 are vulnerable to CSRF vulnerability allowing remote attackers to trick the user to visit their website containing a malicious script which can be submitted to hawtio server on behalf of the user.
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 confidenceHawtio versions up to and including 1.5.3 lack CSRF protection, allowing remote attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the hawtio server. The attacker hosts a webpage with a script that makes requests to hawtio on behalf of the victim, exploiting the trust the server has for authenticated user sessions.
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= 1.5.3CVSS 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:3.0/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 Hawtio installation and locate versionCheck for hawtio WAR files (hawtio-*.war) in application servers (Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss), or look for hawtio dependency in pom.xml, package.json, or application's lib directory. Also check running Java processes for 'hawtio' in the command line arguments.Affected if Hawtio is found but version cannot be determined or shows 1.5.3 or lower
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Check version from deployed applicationAccess the hawtio web console (typically at /hawtio or /hawtio/) and look for the version number in the UI footer or About page. Alternatively, check the WAR file name or MANIFEST.MF file inside the deployed hawtio WAR.Affected if Version displayed is 1.5.3 or any version up to 1.5.3
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Verify CSRF token validation is absentInspect HTTP requests from the browser to hawtio. Check if requests include a CSRF token header (such as X-CSRF-Token or similar). Also check the server response headers for SameSite cookie attributes. In vulnerable versions, requests will not require CSRF tokens.Affected if No CSRF token is required in API requests and no SameSite cookie attributes are set
If Hawtio is running at version 1.5.3 or below and requests do not require CSRF tokens, the environment is affected by CVE-2017-7556.
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 Hawtio to a version newer than 1.5.3 which includes CSRF token validation and SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery.
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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-2017-7556 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.
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- 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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