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CVE-2022-20859: cisco cisco unified communications manager Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.0v2.0HighModified
Published 06-07-2022Last modified 06-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-20859 is a high (CVSS 9.0) Improper Access Control vulnerability in cisco cisco unified communications manager. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 1.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco4 products

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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