What is CVE-2025-20148?

CVE-2025-20148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2025-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-20148?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-20148 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Cisco Firepower Management Center

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 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).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2025-08-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions 7.2.4, 7.0.6, 7.2.4.1
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center — versions 7.0.6, 7.0.6.1, 7.0.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20148?: CVE-2025-20148 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2025-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-20148?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-20148 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.