Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2022 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2022-20816Cisco Unified Communications Manager Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Cisco Unified Communications Manager from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly validate HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the affected system.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Unified Communications Manager	n/a

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

20220803 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO