CVE-2025-20184

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Asyncos
PublishedFeb 5, 2025
First seenFeb 5, 2025

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco asyncos13.0.0-392, 13.0.5-007, 13.5.1-277, 13.5.4-038, 14.0.0-698, 14.2.0-620, 14.2.1-020, 14.3.0-032, 15.0.0-104, 15.0.1-030, 15.0.3-002, 15.5.0-048, 15.5.1-055, 15.5.2-018, 15.5.3-022, 11.8.0-414, 11.8.0-429, 11.8.0-453, 11.8.1-023, 11.8.3-018, 11.8.3-021, 11.8.4-004, 12.0.1-268, 12.0.1-334, 12.0.2-004, 12.0.2-012, 12.0.3-005, 12.0.3-007, 12.0.4-002, 12.0.5-011, 12.5.1-011, 12.5.1-043, 12.5.2-007, 12.5.2-011, 12.5.3-002, 12.5.4-005, 12.5.4-011, 12.5.5-004, 12.5.5-005, 12.5.5-008, 12.5.6-008, 14.0.1-014, 14.0.1-040, 14.0.1-053, 14.0.1-503, 14.0.2-012, 14.0.3-014, 14.0.4-005, 14.0.5-007, 14.1.0-032, 14.1.0-041, 14.1.0-047, 14.5.0-498, 14.5.0-537, 14.5.0-673, 14.5.1-008, 14.5.1-016, 14.5.1-510, 14.5.1-607, 14.5.2-011, 14.5.3-033, 15.0.0-322, 15.0.0-355, 15.0.1-004, 15.1.0-287, 15.2.0-116, 15.2.0-164, 15.2.1-011—

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