CVE-2025-20187: cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager Path Traversal
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-20187 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager. EPSS estimates a 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.03 pp
From 1.25% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco2 products
- catalyst_sd-wan_manager17.2.4 | 17.2.5 | 17.2.6 | 17.2.7 | 17.2.8 | 17.2.9 | 17.2.10 | 18.2.0 | 18.3.0 | 18.3.1 | 18.3.1.1 | 18.3.3 | 18.3.3.1 | 18.3.4 | 18.3.5 | 18.3.6 | 18.3.6.1 | 18.3.7 | 18.3.8 | 18.4.0 | 18.4.0.1 | 18.4.1 | 18.4.3 | 18.4.4 | 18.4.5 | 18.4.6 | 18.4.302 | 18.4.303 | 18.4.501_es | 19.0.0 | 19.0.1a | 19.1.0 | 19.2.0 | 19.2.1 | 19.2.2 | 19.2.3 | 19.2.4 | 19.2.4.0.1 | 19.2.4.0.8 | 19.2.4.0.9 | 19.2.31 | 19.2.32 | 19.2.097 | 19.2.098 | 19.2.099 | 19.2.929 | 19.3.0 | 20.1.1 | 20.1.1.1 | 20.1.2 | 20.1.2_937 | 20.1.3 | 20.13.1 | 20.1.12 | 20.3.1 | 20.3.2 | 20.3.2.0.5 | 20.3.2.0.6 | 20.3.2.1 | 20.3.2.1_927 | 20.3.2.1_930 | 20.3.2_925 | 20.3.2_928 | 20.3.2_929 | 20.3.2_937 | 20.3.3 | 20.3.3.0.8 | 20.3.3.0.14 | 20.3.3.0.16 | 20.3.3.0.17 | 20.3.3.0.18 | 20.3.3.1 | 20.3.3.1.1 | 20.3.3.1.2 | 20.3.3.1.5 | 20.3.3.1.7 | 20.3.3.1.10 | 20.3.3.2 | 20.3.4 | 20.3.4.0.1 | 20.3.4.0.5 | 20.3.4.0.6 | 20.3.4.0.11 | 20.3.4.0.19 | 20.3.4.0.20 | 20.3.4.0.24 | 20.3.4.0.25 | 20.3.4.0.26 | 20.10.1 | 20.10.1.1 | 20.10.1.2 | 20.11.1.1 | 20.11.1.2 | 20.12.1 | 20.12.2 | 20.12.3 | 20.12.3.1 | 20.12.4 | 20.12.4.0.03 | 20.12.4.0.4 | 20.12.4.1 | 20.12.401 | 20.14.1 | 20.15.1
- cisco catalyst sd-wan manager20.1.12 | 19.2.1 | 18.4.4 | 18.4.5 | 20.11.1 | 20.1.1 | 19.3.0 | 19.2.2 | 19.2.099 | 18.3.6 | 18.3.7 | 19.2.0 | 18.3.8 | 19.0.0 | 19.1.0 | 18.4.302 | 18.4.303 | 19.2.097 | 19.2.098 | 17.2.10 | 18.3.6.1 | 19.0.1a | 18.2.0 | 18.4.3 | 18.4.1 | 17.2.8 | 18.3.3.1 | 18.4.0 | 18.3.1 | 17.2.6 | 17.2.9 | 18.3.4 | 17.2.5 | 18.3.1.1 | 18.3.5 | 18.4.0.1 | 18.3.3 | 17.2.7 | 17.2.4 | 18.3.0 | 19.2.3 | 18.4.501_ES | 20.3.1 | 20.1.2 | 19.2.929 | 19.2.31 | 20.3.2 | 19.2.32 | 20.3.2_925 | 20.3.2.1 | 20.3.2.1_927 | 18.4.6 | 20.1.2_937 | 20.3.2_928 | 20.3.2_929 | 20.3.2.1_930 | 19.2.4 | 20.3.3 | 19.2.4.0.1 | 20.3.2_937 | 20.3.3.1 | 20.1.3 | 20.3.3.1.2 | 20.3.3.1.1 | 20.3.3.1.7 | 20.3.3.1.5 | 20.3.3.1.10 | 20.3.3.0.8 | 20.3.4 | 20.3.3.0.14 | 19.2.4.0.8 | 19.2.4.0.9 | 20.3.4.0.1 | 20.3.2.0.5 | 20.3.3.0.17 | 20.3.2.0.6 | 20.3.3.0.16 | 20.3.4.0.5 | 20.3.4.0.6 | 20.3.4.0.11 | 20.3.3.0.18 | 20.3.4.0.19 | 20.3.4.0.20 | 20.3.4.0.24 | 20.10.1 | 20.10.1_LI_Images | 20.11.1_LI_Images | 20.3.3.2 | 20.10.1.1 | 20.3.4.0.25 | 20.11.1.1 | 20.3.4.0.26 | 20.13.1 | 20.11.1.2 | 20.10.1.2 | 20.12.1 | 20.12.1_LI_Images | 20.12.2 | 20.12.2_LI_Images | 20.13.1_LI_Images | 20.12.3_LI_Images | 20.12.3 | 20.14.1 | 20.14.1_LI_Images | 20.12.3.1 | 20.12.4 | 20.15.1_LI_Images | 20.15.1 | 20.12.4.0.03 | 20.12.4_LI_Images | 20.12.4.0.4 | 20.12.401 | 20.12.4.1_LI_Images | 20.12.4.1
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