What is CVE-2017-14956?

CVE-2017-14956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alienvault Unified Security Management, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-14956?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14956 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Alienvault Unified Security Management

CVE-2017-14956

AlienVault USM v5.4.2 and earlier offers authenticated users the functionality of exporting generated reports via the "/ossim/report/wizard_email.php" script. Besides offering an export via a local download, the script also offers the possibility to send out any report via email to a given address (either in PDF or XLS format). Since there is no anti-CSRF token protecting this functionality, it is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Alienvault Unified Security Management

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

MrTuxracer/advisories

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/144617/AlienVault-USM-5.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Fo… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42988/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.rcesecurity.com/2017/10/cve-2017-14956-alienvault-usm-leaks-sensitive-compl… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101284 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Oct/32 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541342/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14956?: CVE-2017-14956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alienvault Unified Security Management, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-14956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14956 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.