CVE-2025-20164

A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizations for authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to privilege level 15. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. Read-only DM users are assigned privilege level 5.

CVSS v3 8.3 HIGH

8.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-http-privesc-wCRd5e3

Configurations

No configuration.

History

08 May 2025, 14:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-07 18:15

Updated : 2025-05-08 14:39

NVD link : CVE-2025-20164

Mitre link : CVE-2025-20164

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-20164

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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