CVE-2018-6504
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 potential Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This vulnerability could be exploited to allow for Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
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 exists in ArcSight Management Center (ArcMC) in all versions prior to 2.81. This flaw allows attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the ArcMC application, potentially executing unauthorized administrative actions.
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< 2.81CVSS 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:3.1/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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Locate the ArcSight Management Center versionAccess the ArcMC web interface and navigate to the Administration or About section to view the installed version. Alternatively, check the version via command line if you have direct server access.Affected if The displayed version number is lower than 2.81.
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Compare version against affected rangeTake the installed version you found and compare it numerically to 2.81. ArcMC versions follow a major.minor.patch format.Affected if The installed version is less than 2.81 (for example, 2.7, 2.80, or any 2.x version below 2.81).
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Verify CSRF protection status (optional)Inspect the HTML source of ArcMC web pages to check if anti-CSRF tokens are present in forms, or inspect HTTP response headers for SameSite cookie attributes.Affected if No CSRF tokens are found in form submissions and no SameSite cookie protections are configured.
If the installed ArcMC version is below 2.81 and no compensating CSRF protections are in place, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2018-6504.
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 data2.81
Upgrade ArcSight Management Center to version 2.81 or later to obtain the CSRF protection fix. Organizations unable to upgrade immediately should consider deploying CSRF tokens or SameSite cookie attributes as compensating controls.
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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-2018-6504 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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