# CVE-2013-4869: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Attackers can bypass cryptographic protections in Cisco Unified Communications Manager using a shared static encryption key to access sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-563c-77qf-c6mg

## What is CVE-2013-4869?

CVE-2013-4869 is a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 18 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 7.1(x) through 9.1(2) and the IM & Presence Service in Cisco Unified Presence Server through 9.1(2) use the same CTI and database-encryption key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug IDs CSCsc69187 and CSCui01756.  NOTE: the vendor has provided a statement that the "hard-coded static encryption key is considered a hardening issue rather than a vulnerability, and as such, has a CVSS score of 0/0."

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-4869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-4869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

- [CVE-2026-20230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20230/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-20045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20045/): Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20309/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1643/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-20253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20253/): Deserialization in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-4869 is a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 18 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Communications Manager. 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-2013-4869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4869/
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