Hawtio
CVE-2017-7556
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.25%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Hawtio versions up to and including 1.5.3 are vulnerable to CSRF vulnerability allowing remote attackers to trick the user to visit their website containing a malicious script which can be submitted. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability could allow attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. Hawtio versions up to and including 1.5.3 are vulnerable to CSRF vulnerability allowing remote attackers to trick the user to visit their website containing a malicious script which can be submitted to hawtio server on behalf of the user. Affected products include: Hawt Hawtio.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Hawtio versions up to and including 1.5.3 are vulnerable to CSRF vulnerability allowing remote attackers to trick the user to visit their website containing a malicious script which can be submitted to hawtio server on behalf of the user.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Hawt Hawtio through 2.5.0 is vulnerable to SSRF, allowing a remote attacker to trigger an HTTP request from an affected
The admin terminal in Hawt.io does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary comman
hawtio 2.17.2 is vulnerable to Path Traversal. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin terminal in Hawt.io allows remote attackers to hijack the a
GitHub PoC
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