Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76475 are related to issues concerning improper neutralization of input during web page generation that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-79.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross‑Site Scripting in Cisco Unified Communications web interfaces
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability involves improper neutralization of input used to generate web pages, identified as CWE‑79. Based on the description, it is inferred that an attacker could inject malicious JavaScript that would execute in the browsers of users who have web‑interface access. The CVE notes that the flaw could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the affected device, but specific secondary impacts such as credential theft or lateral movement are not explicitly documented. The potential impact is therefore limited to what a typical cross‑site scripting attack can achieve when the web interface is accessed by authenticated or unauthenticated users.

Affected Systems

The vulnerable products include Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (including the Session Management Edition), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection and Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment. Because the hardening release does not specify version ranges, any installation of these products before the October 2026 hardening package should be considered vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.3 signals a high severity. Because no EPSS score is available, the probability of exploitation cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The description specifies a problem with web page generation in the affected Cisco products. It is likely that the flaw could be exploited via a remotely reachable web interface, but the exact attack vector is not explicitly detailed in the advisory. Given the high severity score, remedial action should be prioritized.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 22, 2026 at 07:30 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official Cisco hardening release for the affected products to patch the XSS flaw.
  • If the patch cannot be applied immediately, restrict exposure of the devices’ management web interfaces to trusted administrators only and enforce strong authentication.
  • As a temporary defense, implement content‑security‑policy headers and additional input validation on the web interfaces to limit the impact of any residual script injection attempts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 22, 2026 at 07:30 UTC.

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History

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000


Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco cisco Unified Communications Manager
Cisco emergency Responder
Cisco unified Communications Manager Im And Presence Service
Cisco unity Connection
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco cisco Unified Communications Manager
Cisco emergency Responder
Cisco unified Communications Manager Im And Presence Service
Cisco unity Connection

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM &amp; Presence Service (Unified CM IM&amp;P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76475 are related to issues concerning improper neutralization of input during web page generation that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-79.
Title Cisco Unified Communications Products Hardening Release: October 2026 - Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager Emergency Responder Unified Communications Manager Im And Presence Service Unity Connection
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-07T17:29:42.452Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:02:03.638Z

Link: CVE-2026-76475

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Updated: 2026-11-07T17:29:42.452Z

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-21T17:19:07.253

Modified: 2026-11-07T18:17:26.250

Link: CVE-2026-76475

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Updated: 2026-10-22T14:45:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')