# CVE-2017-12126: Cross-site request forgery in Moxa

> An attacker can perform cross-site request forgery attacks against the Moxa EDR-810 web server via malicious HTML.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 14 May 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jr9-r58p-jc88

## What is CVE-2017-12126?

CVE-2017-12126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Talos Moxa, published on 14 May 2018. 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

An exploitable cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the web server functionality of Moxa EDR-810 V4.1 build 17030317. A specially crafted HTTP packet can cause cross-site request forgery. An attacker can create malicious HTML to trigger this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12126?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Moxa Edr-810 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12126?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Talos Moxa

- [CVE-2018-16282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16282/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12120/): Command injection in Moxa (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12121/): Command injection in Moxa (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12125/): Command injection in Moxa (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-14432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14432/): Command injection in Moxa (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12126 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Talos Moxa, published on 14 May 2018. 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-2017-12126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Talos Moxa. 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-2017-12126/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12126/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12126
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12126
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12126

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12126/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.