CVE-2025-20374: cisco cisco unified contact center express Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-20374 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in cisco cisco unified contact center express. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-11-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Unified CCX could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal and access arbitrary resources. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient input validation associated to specific UI features. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain read access to arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.