What is CVE-2022-20859?

CVE-2022-20859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-20859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

CVE-2022-20859

A vulnerability in the Disaster Recovery framework of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions they should not be able to. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control checks on the affected device. An attacker with read-only privileges could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific vulnerable command on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform a set of administrative actions they should not be able to.

EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20859?: CVE-2022-20859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-20859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.