CVE-2019-1888 HIGH

CVE-2019-1888: Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload
Published September 23, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Administration Web Interface of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files and execute commands on the underlying operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs valid Administrator credentials. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions for the content uploaded to an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading arbitrary files containing operating system commands that will be executed by an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web interface and then elevate their privileges to root.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 23, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated

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