CVE-2025-20184 Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 5 Feb 2025 Updated 5 Feb 2025

Authenticated administrators can inject OS commands via crafted XML files, leading to root-level code execution on Cisco Secure Email and Web appliances.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-20184?

CVE-2025-20184 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, published on 5 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official 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-77, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20184?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Asyncos.

How do I fix CVE-2025-20184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2025-20184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g9mx-x5c2-8c9j.