# CVE-2017-12286: Information disclosure in Cisco Jabber

> An authenticated local attacker can retrieve excessive user profile information from Cisco Jabber due to insufficient input validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w3mp-fvv7-2gpv

## What is CVE-2017-12286?

CVE-2017-12286 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Jabber, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Jabber could allow an authenticated, local attacker to retrieve user profile information from the affected software, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checks in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating locally to an affected system and then issuing specific commands to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view all profile information for a user instead of only certain Jabber parameters that should be visible. This vulnerability affects all releases of Cisco Jabber prior to Release 1.9.31. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve52418.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12286?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Jabber, Cisco Webex Meeting Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12286?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12286 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12286 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber

- [CVE-2021-1411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1411/): Cisco Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-1417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1417/): Cisco Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-1418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1418/): Cisco Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-1469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1469/): Cisco Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-1471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1471/): Cisco Jabber Desktop and Mobile Client Software Vulnerabilities (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12286 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12286 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Jabber, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Jabber. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12286/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12286/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12286
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12286
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12286

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12286/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.