CVE-2022-20787 Cisco Unified Communications Products Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Medium 5.7 Published 21 Apr 2022 Updated 6 Nov 2024

An authenticated attacker can perform arbitrary actions with the victim's privileges via CSRF in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-20787?

CVE-2022-20787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 21 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) Software and Cisco Unified CM Session Management Edition (SME) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20787?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20787?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-20787 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-chjw-8rf3-xw7f.