CVE-2025-20131 (GCVE-0-2025-20131)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-20 16:26 – Updated: 2025-08-20 21:37
VLAI?
Title
Cisco Identity Services Engine Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the GUI of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to upload files to an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper validation of the file copy function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file upload using the Cisco ISE GUI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected system.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Identity Services Engine Software |
Affected:
3.1.0
Affected: 3.1.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p3 Affected: 3.1.0 p2 Affected: 3.2.0 Affected: 3.1.0 p4 Affected: 2.7.0 p8 Affected: 3.1.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p1 Affected: 3.1.0 p6 Affected: 3.2.0 p2 Affected: 3.1.0 p7 Affected: 3.3.0 Affected: 3.2.0 p3 Affected: 3.2.0 p4 Affected: 3.1.0 p8 Affected: 3.2.0 p5 Affected: 3.2.0 p6 Affected: 3.1.0 p9 Affected: 3.3 Patch 2 Affected: 3.3 Patch 1 |
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Nomenclature
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