First published: Wed Nov 18 2020(Updated: )
A vulnerability in an API of Cisco Webex Meetings could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to an application programmatic interface (API) within Cisco Webex Meetings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a targeted user to follow a link designed to submit malicious input to the API used by Cisco Webex Meetings. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and potentially gain access to sensitive browser-based information from the system of a targeted user.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco Webex Meetings | =40.10.2 |
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CVE-2020-27126 is a vulnerability in an API of Cisco Webex Meetings that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
CVE-2020-27126 has a severity rating of 6.1, which is considered medium.
The vulnerability affects Cisco Webex Meetings version 40.10.2.
The CWE for CVE-2020-27126 includes CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page).
To fix CVE-2020-27126, it is recommended to update Cisco Webex Meetings to a version that includes the security patch provided by Cisco.