What is CVE-2021-1362?

CVE-2021-1362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unity Connection, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-1362?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Unity Connection

CVE-2021-1362

A vulnerability in the SOAP API endpoint of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Prime License Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a SOAP API request with crafted parameters to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of the affected device.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.027 (85.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1362?: CVE-2021-1362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unity Connection, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-1362?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.