Vulnerability in Cisco Meeting Management

CVE-2025-20156

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Meeting Management could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges to elevate privileges to administrator on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because proper authorization is not enforced upon REST API users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API requests to a specific endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrator-level control over edge nodes that are managed by Cisco Meeting Management.

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20156?
CVE-2025-20156 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Meeting Management, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2025-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2025-20156?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.