Path Traversal in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager
CVE-2025-20187
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the affected system.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager — versions 17.2.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.6
- Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager — versions 20.1.12, 19.2.1, 18.4.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-20187?
- CVE-2025-20187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-05-07.
- How severe is CVE-2025-20187?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.