CVE-2017-6622
A vulnerability in the web interface for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform command injection with root privileges.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A vulnerability in the web interface for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform command injection with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to missing security constraints in certain HTTP request methods, which could allow access to files via the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Software Releases prior to 12.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc98724.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 62.17% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 27 September 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-862
- Affected
- cisco/prime collaboration provisioning
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS moved from 51.4% on 21 September 2026 to 62.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038507
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-pcp1Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42888/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98520Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038507
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-pcp1Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42888/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.