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CVE-2022-20853

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20853 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence VCS. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into clicking a malicious link, leading to the affected system reloading. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
x8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:x8.1:*:*:*:expressway:*:*:*
x8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:x8.1.1:*:*:*:expressway:*:*:*
x8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:x8.1.2:*:*:*:expressway:*:*:*
x8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:x8.2:*:*:*:expressway:*:*:*
x8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:x8.2.1:*:*:*:expressway:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-thinrcpt-xss-gSj4CecU
Not Applicable
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cssm-priv-esc-SEjz69dv
Not Applicable
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-expressway-csrf-sqpsSfY6
Vendor Advisory
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wsa-prv-esc-8PdRU8t8
Not Applicable