CVE-2025-20354 (GCVE-0-2025-20354)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-05 16:31
Modified
2025-11-06 04:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
A vulnerability in the Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) process of Cisco Unified CCX could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files and execute arbitrary commands with root permissions on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication mechanisms that are associated to specific Cisco Unified CCX features. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to an affected system through the Java RMI process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Version: 10.5(1)SU1
Version: 10.6(1)
Version: 11.6(1)
Version: 10.6(1)SU1
Version: 10.6(1)SU3
Version: 11.6(2)
Version: 12.0(1)
Version: 11.0(1)SU1
Version: 11.5(1)SU1
Version: 10.5(1)
Version: 12.5(1)
Version: 12.5(1)SU1
Version: 12.5(1)SU2
Version: 12.5(1)SU3
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES02
Version: 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03
Version: 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04
Version: 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02
Version: 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02
Version: 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03
Version: 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01
Version: 11.6(2)ES07
Version: 11.6(2)ES08
Version: 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01
Version: 12.0(1)ES04
Version: 12.5(1)ES02
Version: 12.5(1)ES03
Version: 11.6(2)ES06
Version: 12.5(1)ES01
Version: 12.0(1)ES03
Version: 12.0(1)ES01
Version: 11.6(2)ES05
Version: 12.0(1)ES02
Version: 11.6(2)ES04
Version: 11.6(2)ES03
Version: 11.6(2)ES02
Version: 11.6(2)ES01
Version: 10.6(1)SU3ES03
Version: 11.0(1)SU1ES03
Version: 10.6(1)SU3ES01
Version: 10.5(1)SU1ES10
Version: 11.5(1)SU1ES03
Version: 11.6(1)ES02
Version: 11.5(1)ES01
Version: 10.6(1)SU2
Version: 10.6(1)SU2ES04
Version: 11.6(1)ES01
Version: 10.6(1)SU3ES02
Version: 11.5(1)SU1ES02
Version: 11.5(1)SU1ES01
Version: 11.0(1)SU1ES02
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES03
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES04
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES05
Version: UCCX 15.0.1
Version: 12.5(1)_SU03_ES06
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