{"id":"CVE-2017-6622","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6622","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:26.048Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-05-18T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:22:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264","CWE-862"],"affected":["cisco/prime collaboration provisioning"],"epss":{"score":0.6217,"percentile":0.99176,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.51422,"percentile":0.98919},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.6217,"percentile":0.99141}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-09-27","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42888,"kind":"exploit","title":"Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning < 12.1 - Authentication Bypass / Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42888","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/42888.sh","file":"exploits/hardware/remote/42888.sh","published":"2017-09-27","added":"2017-09-28","updated":"2017-09-28","author":"Adam Brown","type":"remote","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-6622"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.6217,"from":0.51422,"percentile":0.99141},"summary":"EPSS moved from 51.4% to 62.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98520","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038507","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-pcp1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42888/","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98520","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038507","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-pcp1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42888/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6622","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}