# CVE-2007-5539: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges to read reports or modify configuration in Cisco Unified Contact Center products via web interfaces.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-894g-q9r7-4xv9

## What is CVE-2007-5539?

CVE-2007-5539 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise (ICME), Unified ICM Hosted (ICMH), Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE), Unified Contact Center Hosted (UCCH), and System Unified Contact Center Enterprise (SUCCE) 7.1(5) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges, and read reports or change the SUCCE configuration, via certain web interfaces, aka CSCsj55686.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5539?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise, Cisco Unified Contact Center Hosted, Cisco Unified Icm Hosted, Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-5539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-5539 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-3163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3163/): Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Denial of Service Vulnerability (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-20242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20242/): Missing authorization in Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-1439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1439/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-6626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6626/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Finesse for Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2014-3323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3323/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5539 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-5539 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5539/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5539
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5539
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5539

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