CVE-2025-20188

A vulnerability in the Out-of-Band Access Point (AP) Image Download, the Clean Air Spectral Recording, and the client debug bundles features of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS requests to the AP file upload interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload files, perform path traversal, and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

CVSS v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wlc-file-uplpd-rHZG9UfC	Vendor Advisory
https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/cisco-ios-xe-wlc-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-cve-2025-20188-analysis/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.11.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.11.99sw:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.14.1:::::::*

History

23 Jun 2025, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-07 18:15

Updated : 2025-06-23 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-20188

Mitre link : CVE-2025-20188

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-20188

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisco

ios_xe

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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