CVE-2025-20193 Command injection in Cisco IOS XE Software
Authenticated low-privileged attackers can inject commands via the web interface to read files from the underlying operating system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20193?
CVE-2025-20193 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 7 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device.r This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read files from the underlying operating system.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20193?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20193?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20193 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-2025-20193 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20193 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xe
- CVE-2023-20198 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2018-0151 Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-20273 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Command Injection
- CVE-2025-20188 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco IOS XE Software
- CVE-2021-34770 Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers CAPWAP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwqm-27rg-83qh.