CSRF in Watchguard Hawkeye G
CVE-2015-2878
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Hexis HawkEye G 3.0.1.4912 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add arbitrary accounts via the name parameter to interface/rest/accounts/json; turn off the (2) Url matching, (3) DNS Inject, or (4) IP Redirect Sensor in a request to interface/rest/dpi/setEnabled/1; or (5) perform whitelisting of malware MD5 hash IDs via the id parameter to interface/rest/md5-threats/whitelist.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
EPSS: 0.042 (89.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Watchguard Hawkeye_g — versions 3.0.1.4912
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cret@cert.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cret@cert.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2878?
- CVE-2015-2878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Hawkeye G, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-23.
- How severe is CVE-2015-2878?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.