Cybersecurity specialists reported the finding of a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP). According to the report, successful exploitation would allow hackers compromise the target system.
Tracked as CVE-2022-20658, the vulnerability exists due to the lack of server-side validation of user permissions in the web-based management interface of the affected product and would allow remote threat actors to send specially crafted HTTP requests in order to create new Administrator accounts.
The flaw received a 7.7/10 score according to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) as a successful attack allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the affected system.
According to the report, the flaw resides in the following Unified Contact Center Management Portal versions: before 11.6.1 ES17, 12.0.1 ES5 & 12.5.1 ES5.
Even though the vulnerability could be exploited by remote malicious users via the Internet, cybersecurity experts have detected no exploitation attempts. Still, specialists recommend update as soon as possible.
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