Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6445
CVE-2016-6445
Description
A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) service of the Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to masquerade as a legitimate user. This vulnerability is due to the XMPP service incorrectly processing a deprecated authentication scheme. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access the system as another user.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:1.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:1.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:1.8_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:meeting_server:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.6
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