Pivotal Cloud Foundry cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pivotal Cloud Foundry. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6637. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (Cloud Software) (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 242; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.7, 3.x before 3.3.0.5, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4; UAA BOSH before 11.5 and 12.x before 12.5; Elastic Runtime before 1.6.40, 1.7.x before 1.7.21, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2; and Ops Manager 1.7.x before 1.7.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that approve or deny a scope via a profile or authorize approval page.

The weakness was published 09/30/2016 by Security Team (DiGiT) with Digital Security (Website). The advisory is shared at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6637 since 08/10/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2022-2408) and SecurityFocus (BID 93245†). Similar entries are available at VDB-92266 and VDB-92264. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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NVD Base Score: 9.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2016 🔍
09/29/2016 +50 days 🔍
09/30/2016 +1 days 🔍
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09/30/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/02/2026 +3471 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: pivotal.io

Advisory: pivotal.io
Researcher: Security Team (DiGiT)
Organization: Digital Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-6637 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6637
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92265
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SecurityFocus: 93245 - Multiple Pivotal Products CVE-2016-6637 Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2016 10:36
Updated: 04/02/2026 20:36
Changes: 09/30/2016 10:36 (48), 04/28/2019 11:33 (16), 04/02/2026 20:36 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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