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Werk #6618: Fixed missing CSRF protection for host diagnostic AJAX calls

Component Setup
Title Fixed missing CSRF protection for host diagnostic AJAX calls
Date Sep 17, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p5 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0p36 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The AJAX calls used by the host diagnostic page were not correctly using CSRF tokens to protect logged in users against malicious links that could trigger actions.

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