Multiple Cisco Unified Communications Products Open Redirect Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting an HTTP request that causes the web interface to redirect a request to a specific malicious URL. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Emergency Responder | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Emergency Responder VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 12
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:10.5\(2.10000.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5(2.10000.5) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0(1.10000.10) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.5\(1.10000.6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.5(1.10000.6) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0(1.10000.10) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unity_connection:9.1\(1\)es23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.1(1)es23 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:10.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5(1) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:10.5\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5(2) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:12.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0(1) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:12.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.5(1) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:11.5\(4.59000.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.5(4.59000.1) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:10.5\(2.10000.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5(2.10000.5) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1.10000.10) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.5\(1.10000.6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5(1.10000.6) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0(1.10000.10) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unity_connection:9.1\(1\)es23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.1(1)es23 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:10.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:10.5\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5(2) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:12.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service:12.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.5(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:11.5\(4.59000.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5(4.59000.1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85vf-h2ww-rm2q
References
More Cisco Emergency Responder vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2005-00319 Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2023-06808 Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09109 Improper authentication in Cisco Voice Operating System CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2008-01106 The Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) master server in Cisco Unified Communications… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-01636 The default installation of Cisco voice products, when running the IBM Director Agent on… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2018-15403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-85vf-h2ww-rm2q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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