Cisco CCX Editor Insecure Deserialization – Possible Remote Code Exec
CVE-2025-20275 Published on June 4, 2025
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Editor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-20275 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?
The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
CVE-2025-20275 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-20275
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Affected Versions
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express:- Version 10.6(1) is affected.
- Version 10.5(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU3 is affected.
- Version 12.0(1) is affected.
- Version 10.0(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 11.0(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 11.5(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 10.5(1) is affected.
- Version 11.6(1) is affected.
- Version 11.6(2) is affected.
- Version 12.5(1) is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)SU1 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)SU2 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)SU3 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES02 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES07 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES08 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01 is affected.
- Version 12.0(1)ES04 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)ES02 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)ES03 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES06 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)ES01 is affected.
- Version 12.0(1)ES03 is affected.
- Version 12.0(1)ES01 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES05 is affected.
- Version 12.0(1)ES02 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES04 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES03 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES02 is affected.
- Version 11.6(2)ES01 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU3ES03 is affected.
- Version 11.0(1)SU1ES03 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU3ES01 is affected.
- Version 10.5(1)SU1ES10 is affected.
- Version 10.0(1)SU1ES04 is affected.
- Version 11.5(1)SU1ES03 is affected.
- Version 11.6(1)ES02 is affected.
- Version 11.5(1)ES01 is affected.
- Version 9.0(2)SU3ES04 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU2 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU2ES04 is affected.
- Version 11.6(1)ES01 is affected.
- Version 10.6(1)SU3ES02 is affected.
- Version 11.5(1)SU1ES02 is affected.
- Version 11.5(1)SU1ES01 is affected.
- Version 8.5(1) is affected.
- Version 11.0(1)SU1ES02 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES03 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES04 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES05 is affected.
- Version 12.5(1)_SU03_ES06 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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