Medium severity · published Sep 3, 2025
CVE-2025-20335
Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 with SIP Firmware Information Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the directory permissions of Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Cisco Video Phone 8875 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary file writes to specific directories in the underlying operating system.
Note: To exploit this vulnerability, Web Access must be enabled on the phone. Web Access is disabled by default.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software · Cisco
12.1(1)SR1; 11.5(1); 10.3(2); 10.2(2); 10.3(1); 10.3(1)SR4; +34 more · source: vendor
DP
Desk Phone 9841 Firmware · Cisco
3.0\(1\) before 3.3\(1\) · source: NVD
DP
Desk Phone 9851 Firmware · Cisco
3.0\(1\) before 3.3\(1\) · source: NVD
DP
Desk Phone 9861 Firmware · Cisco
3.0\(1\) before 3.3\(1\) · source: NVD
DP
Desk Phone 9871 Firmware · Cisco
3.0\(1\) before 3.3\(1\) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 7811 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 7821 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 7841 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 7861 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 8811 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 8821 Firmware · Cisco
before 11.0\(6\); 11.0(6); 11.0(6); 11.0(6); 11.0(6); 11.0(6); +1 more · source: NVD
IP
IP Phone 8841 Firmware · Cisco
before 14.3\(1\); 14.3(1); 14.3(1) · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20335
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20335
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-phone-write-g3kcC5Df
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