CVE-2025-20194: Cisco IOS XE

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read limited files from the underlying operating system or clear the syslog and licensing logs on the affected device.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE: version 17.3.1 only; version 17.3.1a only; version 17.3.1w only; version 17.3.1x only; version 17.3.1z only; version 17.3.2 only; …

Published 2025-05-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.