What is CVE-2025-20116?

CVE-2025-20116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Apic), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-20116?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-20116 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Apic)

CVE-2025-20116

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco APIC could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a stored XSS attack on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (20.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Apic) — versions 3.2(8d), 3.2(1m), 3.2(5e)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

sonalvijit/cve

References

cisco-sa-apic-multi-vulns-9ummtg5

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20116?: CVE-2025-20116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Apic), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-20116?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-20116 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.