Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2025-20195
Published: May 9, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108831
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20195
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the web-based management interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Affected software
Cisco IOS XE
How to mitigate CVE-2025-20195
Install update from vendor's website.
Cisco IOS XE - addressed in versions 16.12.13, 17.6.8, 17.6.8a, 17.9.6, 17.9.6a, 17.9.6b, 17.9.7, 17.9.7a, 17.12.1z2, 17.12.1z3, 17.12.4, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5, 17.12.5a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1w, 17.15.1x, 17.15.1y, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b, 17.15.2, 17.15.2c, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2b, 17.15.3, 17.16.1, 17.16.1a, 17.17.1