CVE-2017-12297
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to...
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts, aka a "URL Redirection Vulnerability." The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for HTTP traffic directed to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An exploit could allow the attacker to connect to arbitrary hosts. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63843.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts, aka a "URL Redirection Vulnerability." The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for HTTP traffic directed to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An exploit could allow the attacker to connect to arbitrary hosts. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63843.
- Record
CVE-2017-12297- CVSS 3.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts, aka a "URL Redirection Vulnerability." The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for HTTP traffic directed to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An exploit could allow the attacker to connect to arbitrary hosts. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63843.
- Record
CVE-2017-12297- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-3870 No score
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts, aka a "URL Redirection Vulnerability." The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for HTTP traffic directed to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An exploit could allow the attacker to connect to arbitrary hosts. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63843.
- Record
EUVD-2017-3870- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8cqv-cr49-hx39
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to...
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to initiate connections to arbitrary hosts, aka a "URL Redirection Vulnerability." The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for HTTP traffic directed to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. An exploit could allow the attacker to connect to arbitrary hosts. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63843.
- Record
GHSA-8cqv-cr49-hx39- CVSS 3.0
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12297 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Cisco Webex Meeting Center, published November 30, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.