VDB-106937 · CVE-2017-12253 · BID 100919

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12253. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the Cisco Unified Intelligence Center could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute unwanted actions. The vulnerability is due to a lack of cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user of a web application into executing an adverse action. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve76872.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2017. The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170920-cuic1 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-12253 since 08/03/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/31/2025).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100919†). The entries VDB-106938 and VDB-106934 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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09/20/2017 +48 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170920-cuic1
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106937
SecurityFocus: 100919 - Cisco Unified Intelligence Center CVE-2017-12253 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039409

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2017 21:46
Updated: 07/31/2025 17:51
Changes: 09/21/2017 21:46 (59), 11/18/2019 13:35 (5), 01/13/2021 17:08 (2), 01/13/2021 17:15 (1), 07/31/2025 17:51 (15)
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