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CVE-2025-20148
published 2025-08-14

CVE-2025-20148: A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker…

PriorityP260high8.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSCCHILAN
EPSS
0.43%
35.0th percentile
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTML content into a device-generated document. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting malicious content to an affected device and using the device to generate a document that contains sensitive information. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to alter the standard layout of the device-generated documents, read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system, and conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Security Analyst (Read Only).

Affected

39 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscocisco_firepower_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center
ciscosecure_firewall_management_center

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Attacker must be authenticated with at least the 'Security Analyst (Read Only)' role to exploit this vulnerability — monitor for low-privileged accounts generating or exporting device documents unexpectedly.
  • Exploitation involves submitting malicious HTML content via the web-based management interface and triggering document generation — monitor FMC web UI activity for unusual report/document generation requests from low-privileged users.
  • Successful exploitation may result in SSRF attacks originating from the FMC — monitor for unexpected outbound HTTP/S connections from the FMC host to internal or external resources.
  • Track Cisco Bug ID CSCwk85702 for patch and indicator updates related to this vulnerability.
  • ·There are no workarounds available for this vulnerability — patching via Cisco software updates is the only remediation.
  • ·This vulnerability is part of the August 2025 Cisco Secure Firewall bundled advisory release — multiple related CVEs may affect the same platform and should be reviewed together.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
vendor_cisco8.5HIGH
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