# CVE-2016-6454: Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment before 11.5(0.98000.216)

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can execute unwanted actions via CSRF in the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4882-p655-4rfx

## What is CVE-2016-6454?

CVE-2016-6454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment before 11.5(0.98000.216), published on 3 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment application could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions. More Information: CSCva54241. Known Affected Releases: 11.5(1). Known Fixed Releases: 11.5(0.98000.216).

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6454?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-6454?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6454 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-6454 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment before 11.5(0.98000.216)

- [CVE-2016-6371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6371/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-3124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3124/): Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-15401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15401/): Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-1478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1478/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2020-3256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3256/): Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment XML External Expansion Vulnerability (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-6454 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-6454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment before 11.5(0.98000.216), published on 3 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment before 11.5(0.98000.216). 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-2016-6454/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6454/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6454
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6454
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6454

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