CVE-2022-20787: Cisco Unified Communications Products Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) Software and Cisco Unified CM Session Management Edition (SME) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user.

Affected products

Cisco Unified Communications Manager: from 12.5\(1\) before 12.5\(1\)su6; from 14.0 before 14su1 — fixed in 12.5\(1\)su6, 14su1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5\(1\)su6, 14su1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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