High severity · published Feb 5, 2025
CVE-2025-20184
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
7.2
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks against an affected device. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of XML configuration files by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted XML configuration file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Email · Cisco
14.0.0-698; 13.5.1-277; 13.0.0-392; 14.2.0-620; 13.0.5-007; 13.5.4-038; +9 more · source: vendor
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
13.0.0-392; 13.0.5-007; 13.5.1-277; 13.5.4-038; 14.0.0-698; 14.2.0-620; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20184
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20184
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-multi-yKUJhS34
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