# CVE-2014-7996: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user authentication in Cisco Integrated Management Controller via CSRF, requiring user interaction to execute malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gcrc-7xmw-xj93

## What is CVE-2014-7996?

CVE-2014-7996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 18 Nov 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web framework in Cisco Integrated Management Controller in Cisco Unified Computing System allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka Bug ID CSCuq45477.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Computing System.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-7996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-7996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System

- [CVE-2026-20200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20200/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Argument Injection and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-20094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20094/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0430/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0431/): Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2012-4078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4078/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-7996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-7996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 18 Nov 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Computing System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-7996

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