Sensitive information disclosure via crafted XPath queries
Published Aug 14, 2025 · Updated Aug 14, 2025
XPath injection in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software allows remote authenticated users to retrieve sensitive device information. The web management interface insufficiently validates crafted request input before incorporating it into an XPath query that selects protected data. Exploitation requires valid administrative credentials and lockdown mode, which is disabled by default, and the reported consequence is limited to information disclosure.
Summary
What happened
XPath injection in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software allows remote authenticated users to retrieve sensitive device information. The web management interface insufficiently validates crafted request input before incorporating it into an XPath query that selects protected data. Exploitation requires valid administrative credentials and lockdown mode, which is disabled by default, and the reported consequence is limited to information disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20218
- Published
- Aug 14, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2025
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco Firepower Management Center
- Classifications
- CWE-643, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.2.3
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.1
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.10
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.11
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.12
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.13
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.14
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.15
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.16
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.17
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.18
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.2
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.3
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.4
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.5
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.6
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.7
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.8
- Affected versionversion=6.2.3.9
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.1
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.10
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.11
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.12
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.13
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.14
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.15
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.16
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.17
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.18
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.2
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.3
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.4
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.5
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.6
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.7
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.8
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0.9
- Affected versionversion=6.6.0
- Affected versionversion=6.6.0.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.3
- Affected versionversion=6.6.4
- Affected versionversion=6.6.5
- Affected versionversion=6.6.5.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.5.2
- Affected versionversion=6.6.7
- Affected versionversion=6.6.7.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.7.2
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.1.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.2
- Affected versionversion=7.0.2.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.3
- Affected versionversion=7.0.4
- Affected versionversion=7.0.5
- Affected versionversion=7.0.6
- Affected versionversion=7.0.6.1
- Affected versionversion=7.0.6.2
- Affected versionversion=7.0.6.3
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.2
- Affected versionversion=7.2.3
- Affected versionversion=7.2.3.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.4
- Affected versionversion=7.2.4.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.5
- Affected versionversion=7.2.5.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.5.2
- Affected versionversion=7.2.6
- Affected versionversion=7.2.7
- Affected versionversion=7.2.8
- Affected versionversion=7.2.8.1
- Affected versionversion=7.2.9
- Affected versionversion=7.3.0
- Affected versionversion=7.3.1
- Affected versionversion=7.3.1.1
- Affected versionversion=7.3.1.2
- Affected versionversion=7.4.0
- Affected versionversion=7.4.1
- Affected versionversion=7.4.1.1
- Affected versionversion=7.4.2
- Affected versionversion=7.4.2.1
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