Medium severity · published Feb 5, 2025
CVE-2025-20183
Cisco Secure Web Appliance Range Request Bypass Vulnerability
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in a policy-based Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) implementation of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download a malicious file onto an endpoint.  The vulnerability is due to improper handling of a crafted range request header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an HTTP request with a crafted range request header through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download malware onto the endpoint without detection by Cisco Secure Web Appliance.
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 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Web Appliance · Cisco
11.8.0-453; 12.5.3-002; 12.0.3-007; 12.0.3-005; 14.1.0-032; 14.1.0-047; +34 more · source: vendor
AS
Asyncos · Cisco
11.8.0-414; 11.8.0-429; 11.8.0-453; 11.8.1-023; 11.8.3-018; 11.8.3-021; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Cisco
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