CVE-2025-20164
Severity
8.3HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 7
Description
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 …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.5
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-3grg-fvvv-2qrm: A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to ele↗2025-05-07
CVEList▶
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 ele↗2025-05-07
📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
Cisco IOS Software Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2025-05-07