CVE-2021-1362 Cisco Unified Communications Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code with root privileges via crafted SOAP API requests in Cisco Unified Communications products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1362?
CVE-2021-1362 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 8 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the SOAP API endpoint of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Prime License Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a SOAP API request with crafted parameters to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1362?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Cisco Prime License Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Im \& Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1362?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2021-1362 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1362 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4c73-jxqq-mjrg.