CVE-2025-20223: cisco catalyst_center Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-20223 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) Improper Access Control vulnerability in cisco catalyst_center. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST4.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
20%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.27% 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
1 vendor · 2 products
References
1 links- sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/…Vendor Advisory