We use these services and cookies to improve your user experience. You may opt out if you wish, however, this may limit some features on this site.

Please see our statement on Data Privacy.

Crisp.chat (Helpdesk and Chat)

Ok

THREATINT
PUBLISHED

CVE-2025-20188



Description

A vulnerability in the Out-of-Band Access Point (AP) Image Download feature of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTPS requests to the AP image download interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload files, perform path traversal, and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. Note: For exploitation to be successful, the Out-of-Band AP Image Download feature must be enabled on the device. It is not enabled by default.

Reserved 2024-10-10 | Published 2025-05-07 | Updated 2025-05-08 | Assigner cisco


CRITICAL: 10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Product status

17.7.1
affected

17.10.1
affected

17.10.1b
affected

17.8.1
affected

17.9.1
affected

17.9.2
affected

17.9.3
affected

17.9.4
affected

17.9.5
affected

17.9.4a
affected

17.11.1
affected

17.12.1
affected

17.12.2
affected

17.12.3
affected

17.13.1
affected

17.14.1
affected

17.11.99SW
affected

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/.../cisco-sa-wlc-file-uplpd-rHZG9UfC (cisco-sa-wlc-file-uplpd-rHZG9UfC)

cve.org (CVE-2025-20188)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-20188)

Download JSON

Share this page
https://cve.threatint.eu/CVE/CVE-2025-20188

Support options

Helpdesk Chat, Email, Knowledgebase