CVE-2025-20188
CVE-2025-20188
Vexday Risk Score
68High priority
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 10EPSS 17.9%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei simMetasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
07 May 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
A vulnerability in the Out-of-Band Access Point (AP) Image Download, the Clean Air Spectral Recording, and the client debug bundles features of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS requests to the AP file upload interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload files, perform path traversal, and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Softwarepublic PoCs found — 1
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