CVE-2017-12251 is a critical vulnerability in the web console of Cisco Cloud Services Platform (CSP) 2100, affecting software releases 2.1.0 through 2.2.2. It stems from weak authentication mechanism generation in the URL, allowing an authenticated, remote attacker to maliciously interact with services or VMs. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), a successful exploit could lead to a complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a specific VM. There is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, but it has garnered some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cloud_services_platform_2100:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.