CVE-2025-20187
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CVE-2025-20187 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.4 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.5 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.6 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.7 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.8 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.9 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 17.2.10 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.2.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.1.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.3 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.3.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.4 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.5 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.6 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.6.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.7 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.3.8 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.0.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.3 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.4 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.5 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.6 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.302 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.303 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 18.4.501_es |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.0.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.0.1a |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.1.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.2 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.3 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.4 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.4.0.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.4.0.8 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.4.0.9 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.31 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.32 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.097 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.098 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.099 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.2.929 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 19.3.0 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 20.1.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 20.1.1.1 |
| Cisco | Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager | 20.1.2 |
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