CSRF in Microstrategy
CVE-2018-18696
main.aspx in Microstrategy Analytics 10.4.0026.0049 and earlier has CSRF. NOTE: The vendor claims that documentation for preventing a CSRF attack has been provided (https://community.microstrategy.com/s/article/KB37643-New-security-feature-introduced-in-MicroStrategy-Web-9-0?language=en_US) and disagrees that this issue is a vulnerability. They also claim that MicroStrategy was never properly informed of this issue via normal support channels or their vulnerability reporting page on their website, so they were unable to evaluate the report or explain how this is something their customers view as a feature and not a security vulnerability
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.008 (56.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.4% 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)
References
- raw.githubusercontent.com/Siros96/MicroStrategy_CSRF/master/PoC (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Dec/3 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- community.microstrategy.com/s/article/KB37643-New-security-feature-introduced-i… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18696?
- CVE-2018-18696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microstrategy, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-12-28.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18696?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.