CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-20218

Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions ('XPath Injection')

Published: Aug 14, 2025 | Modified: Aug 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve sensitive information from the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

Weakness

The product uses external input to dynamically construct an XPath expression used to retrieve data from an XML database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes that input. This allows an attacker to control the structure of the query.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3 (including) 6.2.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.1 (including) 6.2.3.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.2 (including) 6.2.3.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.3 (including) 6.2.3.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.4 (including) 6.2.3.4 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.5 (including) 6.2.3.5 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.6 (including) 6.2.3.6 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.7 (including) 6.2.3.7 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.8 (including) 6.2.3.8 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.9 (including) 6.2.3.9 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.10 (including) 6.2.3.10 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.11 (including) 6.2.3.11 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.12 (including) 6.2.3.12 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.13 (including) 6.2.3.13 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.14 (including) 6.2.3.14 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.15 (including) 6.2.3.15 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.16 (including) 6.2.3.16 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.17 (including) 6.2.3.17 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.2.3.18 (including) 6.2.3.18 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0 (including) 6.4.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.1 (including) 6.4.0.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.2 (including) 6.4.0.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.3 (including) 6.4.0.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.4 (including) 6.4.0.4 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.5 (including) 6.4.0.5 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.6 (including) 6.4.0.6 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.7 (including) 6.4.0.7 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.8 (including) 6.4.0.8 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.9 (including) 6.4.0.9 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.10 (including) 6.4.0.10 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.11 (including) 6.4.0.11 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.12 (including) 6.4.0.12 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.13 (including) 6.4.0.13 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.14 (including) 6.4.0.14 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.15 (including) 6.4.0.15 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.16 (including) 6.4.0.16 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.17 (including) 6.4.0.17 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.4.0.18 (including) 6.4.0.18 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.0 (including) 6.6.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.0.1 (including) 6.6.0.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.1 (including) 6.6.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.3 (including) 6.6.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.4 (including) 6.6.4 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.5 (including) 6.6.5 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.5.1 (including) 6.6.5.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.5.2 (including) 6.6.5.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.7 (including) 6.6.7 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.7.1 (including) 6.6.7.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 6.6.7.2 (including) 6.6.7.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.0.1 (including) 7.0.0.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.1 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.1.1 (including) 7.0.1.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.2 (including) 7.0.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.2.1 (including) 7.0.2.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.3 (including) 7.0.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.4 (including) 7.0.4 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.5 (including) 7.0.5 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.6 (including) 7.0.6 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.6.1 (including) 7.0.6.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.6.2 (including) 7.0.6.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.0.6.3 (including) 7.0.6.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.0.1 (including) 7.2.0.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.1 (including) 7.2.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.2 (including) 7.2.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.3 (including) 7.2.3 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.3.1 (including) 7.2.3.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.4 (including) 7.2.4 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.4.1 (including) 7.2.4.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.5 (including) 7.2.5 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.5.1 (including) 7.2.5.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.5.2 (including) 7.2.5.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.6 (including) 7.2.6 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.7 (including) 7.2.7 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.8 (including) 7.2.8 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.8.1 (including) 7.2.8.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.2.9 (including) 7.2.9 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.3.0 (including) 7.3.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.3.1 (including) 7.3.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.3.1.1 (including) 7.3.1.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.3.1.2 (including) 7.3.1.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.0 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.4.1 (including) 7.4.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.4.1.1 (including) 7.4.1.1 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.4.2 (including) 7.4.2 (including)
Secure_firewall_management_center Cisco 7.4.2.1 (including) 7.4.2.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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