HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-0653

Expressway Software vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The management interface in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) and Cisco Expressway before X7.2.4, X8 before X8.1.2, and X8.2 before X8.2.2 and Cisco TelePresence Conductor before X2.3.1 and XC2.4 before XC2.4.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via crafted login parameters, aka Bug IDs CSCur02680 and CSCur05556.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Expressway Software
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2015-03-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-0653

  • Confirm whether Cisco Expressway Software is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-0653.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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