Unified Communications Manager
CVE-2022-20816
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly validate HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the affected system.
AnalysisAI
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to delete arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly validate HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the affected system. Affected products include: Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Tomcat administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Communications Manager all
Cisco Unified Communications Manager and related products contain a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045) that a
The TFTP service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CUCM or Unified CM) allows remote attackers to obtain sens
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Real-Time Monitoring Tool (RTMT) API in Cisco Unified Communications Manage
A vulnerability in the upgrade mechanism of Cisco collaboration products based on the Cisco Voice Operating System softw
The encryption-processing feature in Cisco libSRTP before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via
Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) 7.1(x) before 7.1(5b)su6, 8.5(x) before 8.5(1)su6,
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Ma
A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an unauthenti
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.5(2.10000.5), 11.0(1.10000.10), and 11.5(1.10000.6) could all
The CTIManager module in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CM) 10.0(1), when single sign-on is enabled, does not pro
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Uni
Same weakness CWE-22 – Path Traversal
View allSame technique Path Traversal
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today