CVE-2025-20187: Cisco SD-WAN Manager Software Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the affected system.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-20187
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: Cisco
Product: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.21% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 44.2% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20187https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwanarbfile-2zKhKZwJ