CVE-2025-20156
Cisco Meeting Management Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Meeting Management could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges to elevate privileges to administrator on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because proper authorization is not enforced upon REST API users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API requests to a specific endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrator-level control over edge nodes that are managed by Cisco Meeting Management.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 22, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 29, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
3.1
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-20156
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-20156.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2025-20156 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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TheCyberThrone
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TheCyberThrone
Threat Actors anchors Symlink trick on Fortinet Devices
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TheCyberThrone
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2025
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Google Android Security Update April 2025
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TheCyberThrone
TheCyberThrone CyberSecurity Newsletter Top 5 Articles – March 2025
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TheCyberThrone
Apple Backported Three Vulnerabilities
Apple recently backported fixes for three actively exploited vulnerabilities to older devices and operating system versions.1. CVE-2025-24085: Core Media Privilege EscalationDescription:CVE-2025-24085 ... Read more
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TheCyberThrone
CVE-2025-20111 impacts Cisco Nexus
CVE-2025-20111 is a high-severity vulnerability identified in the health monitoring diagnostics of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches operating in standalone NX-OS m ... Read more
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TheCyberThrone
Cisco fixes Twin ISE Vulnerabilities
Cisco has recently addressed two critical vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE), identified as CVE-2025-20124 and CVE-2025-20125. These vulnerabilities pose significant security risks, ... Read more
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Help Net Security
Week in review: 48k Fortinet firewalls open to attack, attackers “vishing” orgs via Microsoft Teams
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 48,000+ internet-facing Fortinet firewalls still open to attack Despite last week’s confirmation of an ... Read more
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Dark Reading
Cisco: Critical Meeting Management Bug Requires Urgent Patch
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The Register
Patch now: Cisco fixes critical 9.9-rated, make-me-admin bug in Meeting Management
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Help Net Security
Cisco fixes ClamAV vulnerability with available PoC and critical Meeting Management flaw
Cisco has released patches for a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Meeting Management (CVE-2025-20156) and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw (CVE-2025-20128) that, when triggered, could t ... Read more
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The Cyber Express
Cisco Warns of Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Meeting Management Platform
Cisco has issued a security advisory regarding a critical privilege escalation vulnerability found in Cisco Meeting Management. The vulnerability is tied to the REST API component of the platform, and ... Read more
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The Hacker News
Cisco Fixes Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Meeting Management (CVSS 9.9)
Network Security / Vulnerability Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting Management that could permit a remote, authenticated attacker to gain adminis ... Read more
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BleepingComputer
Cisco warns of denial of service flaw with PoC exploit code
Cisco has released security updates to patch a ClamAV denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, which has proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. Tracked as CVE-2025-20128, the vulnerability is caused by a ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-20156 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jan. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Removed CWE CWE-276 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Meeting Management could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges to elevate privileges to administrator on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because proper authorization is not enforced upon REST API users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API requests to a specific endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrator-level control over edge nodes that are managed by Cisco Meeting Management. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-274 Added Reference https://blog.clamav.net/2025/01/clamav-142-and-108-security-patch.html Added Reference https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA Added Reference https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cmm-privesc-uy2Vf8pc -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jan. 22, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-276
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-20156 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-20156
weaknesses.