What is CVE-2015-5170?

CVE-2015-5170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cf-Release, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2015-5170?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Cloudfoundry Cf-Release

CVE-2015-5170

Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks on PWS and log a user into an arbitrary account by leveraging lack of CSRF checks.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-10-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

pivotal.io/security/cve-2015-5170-5173 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101579 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5170?: CVE-2015-5170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloudfoundry Cf-Release, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2015-5170?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.