CVE-2025-20125: Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability in an API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid read-only credentials to obtain sensitive information, change node configurations, and restart the node.
This vulnerability is due to a lack of authorization in a specific API and improper validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a specific API on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to attacker to obtain information, modify system configuration, and reload the device.
Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid read-only administrative credentials. In a single-node deployment, new devices will not be able to authenticate during the reload time.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-20125
CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS Base Score: 9.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: Cisco
Product: Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-06 (when was this score calculated)