What is CVE-2021-34701?

CVE-2021-34701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unity Connection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-34701?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cisco Unity Connection

CVE-2021-34701

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request that contains directory traversal character sequences to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files on the affected system.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34701?: CVE-2021-34701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unity Connection, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-34701?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.