Webex Meetings ServerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-0596
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 Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 1.5(.1.131) and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users, aka Bug ID CSCuj67163.
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 · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by tricking authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests. The vulnerability affects version 1.5(.1.131) and earlier, enabling attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of legitimate users.
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
<= 1.5\(.1.131\)CVSS 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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Identify Cisco WebEx Meetings Server installationReview installed software inventory or running services on the system to determine if Cisco WebEx Meetings Server is presentAffected if Cisco WebEx Meetings Server is installed on the system
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Determine installed WebEx Meetings Server versionAccess the administrative interface or check system files to retrieve the installed version number of Cisco WebEx Meetings ServerAffected if Unable to retrieve version or version cannot be determined
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare your installed version to the affected range: version 1.5(.1.131) and earlier are vulnerableAffected if Installed version is 1.5(.1.131) or any earlier version (for example, 1.5, 1.0, etc.)
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Verify service accessibilityDetermine if the WebEx Meetings Server administrative or user interface is network-accessible to untrusted networksAffected if Service is exposed to untrusted networks without additional authentication barriers
You are affected if Cisco WebEx Meetings Server version 1.5(.1.131) or earlier is installed and accessible in your environment.
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 dataApply the vendor patch from Cisco for CSCuj67163. Until patched, consider implementing additional CSRF protections such as anti-CSRF tokens and SameSite cookie attributes, though these may not be comprehensive without the vendor fix.
Fix this in Webex Meetings Server
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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-2015-0596 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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