CVE-2020-3280: cisco cisco unified contact center express Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-3280 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cisco cisco unified contact center express. EPSS estimates a 7.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 22-05-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the Java Remote Management Interface of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to a specific listener on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on an affected device.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
7.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.17 pp
From 6.94% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataThe product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected systems
Cisco2 products
- cisco unified contact center expressn/a
- unified_contact_center_express≥ 12.0, < 12.0\(1\)es03
1 vendor · 2 products
References
1 links- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKNVendor AdvisoryX Refsource CISCO