CVE-2025-20218 Cisco Secure Firepower Management Center Software XPATH Injection Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker with admin credentials can exploit XPath injection in Cisco FMC to retrieve sensitive information from the device.
- 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-2025-20218?
CVE-2025-20218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 14 Aug 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 Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve sensitive information from the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.
Weakness: CWE-643
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-20218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxr2-pwc5-7wgv.