CVE-2025-20278 Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability
Authenticated local attackers with admin credentials can execute arbitrary root commands via improper CLI argument validation in Cisco Unified Communications products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20278?
CVE-2025-20278 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 4 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of multiple Cisco Unified Communications products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20278?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Cisco Finesse, Cisco Socialminer, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Im and Presence Service, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unified Intelligence Center and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20278?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-20278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20278 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvpj-hmr8-j79p.