CVE-2016-1483
HighSummary
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server version 2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by repeatedly accessing the account-validation component of an unspecified service.
Risk Assessment
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to overload the server, leading to service unavailability for users.
Recommendation
It is recommended to monitor access to the account-validation component and implement request rate limiting to minimize the risk of DoS attacks.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 2.6
See all- CVE-2014-0691High
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server before version 1.1 uses meeting IDs with insufficient entropy, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication and join arbitrary meetings without a password.
- CVE-2017-12293High
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient limitations on the number of connections that can be made to the affected software.
- CVE-2017-6651High
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain information about scheduled customer meetings. The issue is due to an incomplete configuration of the robots.txt file on customer-hosted WebEx solutions.
- CVE-2017-3796High
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server allows an authenticated, remote attacker to execute predetermined shell commands on other hosts.
- CVE-2017-3794High
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack against an administrative user.
- CVE-2016-1482High
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server version 2.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting these commands into an application script.
- CVE-2016-1484High
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server version 2.6 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive application information via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2016-1448High
CSRF vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 2.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.
- CVE-2016-1450High
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server version 2.6 allows remote authenticated users to conduct command-injection attacks via file type related to uploads, known as Bug ID CSCuy92715.
- CVE-2016-1446High
SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Original NVD description (English source)
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by repeatedly accessing the account-validation component of an unspecified service, aka Bug ID CSCuy92704.