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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Arbitrary File Creation (cisco-sa-sdwanarbfile-2zKhKZwJ)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 235489
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco SD-WAN Viptela Software is affected by a vulnerability.- A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the affected system. (CVE-2025-20187)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwm04401See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 235489
File Name: cisco-sa-sdwanarbfile-2zKhKZwJ.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 5/7/2025
Updated: 5/7/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20187
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:sd-wan_firmware
Required KB Items: Cisco/Viptela/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-20187