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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.0

CVE-2025-20278 json

Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability

published 2025-06-04 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16884

cvss
6.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cisco unified_intelligence_center 12.6\(2\)es_04
  • cisco virtualized_voice_browser 12.6\(2\)es06

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Finesse
  • Cisco Cisco SocialMiner
  • Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager
  • Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service
  • Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
  • Cisco Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
  • Cisco Cisco Unity Connection
  • Cisco Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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