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CVE-2025-20278

Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability

Published: Jun 4, 2025Updated: Jul 31, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-77
NVD MITRE
6.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of multiple Cisco Unified Communications products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

Cisco Unified Contact Center ExpressCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Customer Collaboration PlatformCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Cisco FinesseCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Cisco Unified Communications ManagerCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Communications / voip-telephony
Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence ServiceCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
and 19 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20278
nvd.nist.gov
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vos-command-inject-65s2UCYy
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Jun 4, 2025
Last Updated
Jul 31, 2025

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