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CVE-2017-6703 — Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.9

A vulnerability in the web application in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning tool could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack another user's session. More Information: CSCvc90346. Known Affected Releases: 12.1.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.9 (3.0)
Published
2017-07-04
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Affected products

  • cisco / prime_collaboration_provisioning / 11.2_base
  • cisco / prime_collaboration_provisioning / 11.5.0
  • cisco / prime_collaboration_provisioning / 11.6_base
  • cisco / prime_collaboration_provisioning / 12.1_base

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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