High severity · published Jun 4, 2025
CVE-2025-20275
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Editor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the file opening process of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) Editor could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of Java objects by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated, local user to open a crafted .aef file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host that is running the editor application with the privileges of the user who launched it.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express · Cisco
10.6(1); 10.5(1)SU1; 10.6(1)SU3; 12.0(1); 10.0(1)SU1; 10.6(1)SU1; +34 more · source: vendor
UC
Unified Contact Center Express · Cisco
8.5(1); 9.0(2)su3es04; 10.0(1)su1; 10.0(1)su1es04; 10.5(1); 10.5(1)su1; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CU
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20275
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20275
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-editor-rce-ezyYZte8
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