What is CVE-2017-7556?

CVE-2017-7556 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-7556?

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

CSRF in Hawt Hawtio

CVE-2017-7556

Hawtio 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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-08-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hawt Hawtio — versions 1.5.3
Red Hat, Inc. Hawtio — versions up to and including 1.5.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100411 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7556?: CVE-2017-7556 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-7556?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.