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CVE-2021-1526

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS, allowing arbitrary code execution due to insufficient validation of Webex Recording Format (WRF) files. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious WRF file, leading to code execution with the user's privileges. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek mentioning the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 41.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_player:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
< 41.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_player:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-player-kOf8zVT
Vendor Advisory