CVE-2025-20308: Cisco Spaces Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the Cisco Spaces Connector CLI as the spacesadmin user and executing a specific command with crafted parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from the spacesadmin user and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-20308
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.0
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Problem Types
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Affected Products
Vendor: Cisco
Product: Cisco DNA Spaces Connector
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 5.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-07-13 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20308https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-spaces-conn-privesc-kgD2CcDU