What is CVE-2025-20223?

CVE-2025-20223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-20223?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center

CVE-2025-20223

A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center, formerly Cisco DNA Center, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read and modify data in a repository that belongs to an internal service of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient enforcement of access control on HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and modify data that is handled by an internal service on the affected device.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Catalyst_center
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (Dna Center) — versions N/A

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20223?: CVE-2025-20223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-20223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.