Webex Meetings ServerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-2186
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web framework in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka Bug ID CSCuj81777.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco WebEx Meetings Server allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests to the server.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Webex Meetings ServerApplication
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Access the WebEx Meeting Center web interfaceLog into the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server web portal and navigate to meeting scheduling or user management forms. Examine the HTML source of state-changing forms (e.g., Create Meeting, Edit User) to check for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens in hidden input fields or headers.Affected if No anti-CSRF token (such as a unique session-bound token) is present in the form's HTML source
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Inspect HTTP responses for CSRF token headersUse browser developer tools or a proxy (e.g., Burp Suite, Fiddler) to capture HTTP responses from the WebEx server. Look for custom headers or cookies that serve as anti-CSRF tokens.Affected if No anti-CSRF token headers or cookies are set by the server
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Verify Origin and Referer header validationSend a crafted HTTP request to the WebEx server from an external origin (or with a mismatched Origin header) and observe the server's response. Check if the server rejects requests with missing or mismatched Origin/Referer headers for state-changing operations.Affected if The server accepts state-changing requests without validating Origin or Referer headers
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Review web framework security configurationIf you have administrative access to the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server configuration panel, navigate to the web security settings and look for CSRF protection options. Check whether CSRF protection is explicitly enabled or disabled.Affected if CSRF protection is disabled or not configurable in the security settings
You are affected if the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server web interface lacks anti-CSRF tokens on forms and does not validate Origin/Referer headers for state-changing requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing forms and validate Origin/Referer HTTP headers to prevent attackers from forging authenticated requests.
Fix this in Webex Meetings Server
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-2186 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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