CVE-2025-20184
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email Gateway | Email Security | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Web Appliance | SASE / SSE / Secure Web | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported products (2)
- Cisco · Cisco Secure Email
- Cisco · Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Vendor advisory
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Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Vulnerabilities
Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 6.5) · Published Feb 5, 2025 · updated Feb 7, 2025 (revision 1.1)
Bug IDs: CSCwk70547 , CSCwk70559 , CSCwk70574 , CSCwk70576 , CSCwk70590 , CSCwk98506
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