CVE-2025-20288 Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

Medium 5.8 Published 16 Jul 2025 Updated 18 Jul 2025

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit improper input validation to send arbitrary network requests sourced from the affected Cisco Unified Intelligence Center device.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-20288?

CVE-2025-20288 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, published on 16 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Intelligence Center could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack through an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send arbitrary network requests that are sourced from the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20288?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unified Intelligence Center.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2025-20288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gr52-482f-6whp.