What is CVE-2022-20862?

CVE-2022-20862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-20862?

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

Path Traversal in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

CVE-2022-20862

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 read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of 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 operating system.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th 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

Cisco Unified Communications Manager — versions n/a
Cisco Unified_communications_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20862?: CVE-2022-20862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-20862?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.