CVE-2018-18696 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Cross-site request forgery in MicroStrategy Analytics allows attackers to trick users into performing unintended actions, requiring configuration changes to mitigate.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-18696?
CVE-2018-18696 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Dec 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
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
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18696?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microstrategy Microstrategy.
How do I fix CVE-2018-18696?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-18696 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18696 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4rv4-2rhp-3qjw.