Webex Meetings ServerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2017-12363
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 · uneditedA vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to modify the welcome message of a meeting on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security settings on meetings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the welcome message to a meeting. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify the welcome message of any known meeting. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf68695.
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 confidenceA vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Server allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to modify the welcome message of any known meeting due to insufficient security settings on meetings. The attacker can exploit this by directly modifying the meeting welcome message without any authentication, potentially impersonating legitimate meeting organizers.
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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
= 2.6.0.8= 2.7CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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 Meeting Server installationLocate the Cisco WebEx Meeting Server components on the system or check the product inventory. Look for WebEx Meeting Server services, binaries, or management interfaces.Affected if Cisco WebEx Meeting Server is present on the network or system
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Determine installed versionUse the system's version reporting mechanism or administrative interface to obtain the exact version number of the Cisco WebEx Meeting Server installation. Compare against the affected versions 2.6.0.8 and 2.7.Affected if The installed version is 2.6.0.8 or 2.7
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Review meeting access controlsAccess the meeting server administration console or configuration files. Examine the security settings for existing meetings to determine if unauthenticated access is permitted for modifying meeting properties.Affected if Meetings are configured to allow unauthenticated users to modify meeting welcome messages or other meeting properties
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Verify meeting authentication requirementsCheck the authentication and authorization settings for meetings. Look for settings that control whether users must authenticate before they can modify meeting configurations or welcome messages.Affected if Meetings lack proper authentication requirements and allow anonymous or unauthenticated modifications
You are affected if Cisco WebEx Meeting Server versions 2.6.0.8 or 2.7 are installed AND meetings are configured without authentication controls that would prevent unauthenticated modification of welcome messages.
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 Cisco patch for bug CSCvf68695 and review meeting security configurations to ensure meetings require appropriate authentication and authorization controls.
Fix this in Webex Meetings Server
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 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-2017-12363 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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