# CVE-2022-20951: Server-side request forgery in Cisco BroadWorks

> An authenticated attacker can exploit an SSRF vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks CommPilot to access confidential information from the server and network.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 3 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ffvm-pvfj-68q9

## What is CVE-2022-20951?

CVE-2022-20951 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks, published on 3 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco BroadWorks CommPilot application could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack on an affected device.

 This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain confidential information from the BroadWorks server and other device on the network.

    

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Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20951?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Broadworks Messaging Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-20951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-20951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco BroadWorks

- [CVE-2021-1530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1530/): Cisco BroadWorks Messaging Server XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-20951 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-20951 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks, published on 3 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco BroadWorks. 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-2022-20951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20951/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20951
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20951
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20951

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20951/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.