Substitute Cunningham started the move after coming off the bench in the 82nd minute and then latched on to a pass from midfielder Luke Freeman to drill in his first goal of the campaign from the left side of the box.
City are now second in the table behind Peterborough after winning four of their first six games, but manager Steve Cotterill warned:
"It's early days and nothing to get carried away about, but I'm very pleased with the win.
"I thought Greg's goal was fantastic, but Joe Bryan will tell you that he exhausted their full back before I took him off!"
Freeman also had a hand in City's 52nd minute opener when floated a corner to the far post and 6' 6" central defender Aden Flint nodded in his first goal of the season from two yards.
Posh loanee stopper Bobby Olejnik kept Scunny in the game with an excellent save in the 69th minute.
Striker Kieran Agard had a shot blocked by central defender Niall Canavan on the right side of the box, but curled the rebound towards the far corner only to see Olejnik touch it behind at full stretch.
Scunthorpe came close to scoring twice in two minutes.
In the 22nd minute Gary McSheffrey rattled the upright with a shot from the left side of the area and then co-striker Paddy Madden raced onto a defence splitting pass from midfielder Neal Bishop, but Frank Fielding saved his twenty yard shot.
Iron boss Russ Wilcox groaned:
"It's always disappointing when you lose a football match, but we showed what we're about and created three or four golden opportunities. We did well for an hour, but have to do better in both boxes."
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