CVE-2025-20184: Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-20184
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: Cisco
Product: Cisco Secure Email
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 31.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-06 (when was this score calculated)