CVE-2025-20186 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-20186

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Wireless...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Wireless LAN Controller feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with a lobby ambassador user account to perform a command 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 execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with privilege level 15. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a lobby ambassador account. This account is not configured by default.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco IOS XE Software
Vulnerable Versions:
16.12.8, 16.12.4, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.6, 16.12.6a, 16.12.7, 17.2.2, 17.2.3, 17.3.1, 17.3.2, 17.3.3, 17.3.1a, 17.3.2a, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.4a, 17.3.6, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.7, 17.3.8, 17.3.8a, 17.4.1, 17.4.2, 17.4.1a, 17.4.1b, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.6.1, 17.6.2, 17.6.1a, 17.6.3, 17.6.1y, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.6.5, 17.6.6, 17.6.6a, 17.6.5a, 17.6.7, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.2, 17.10.1, 17.10.1a, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.2, 17.9.1a, 17.9.3, 17.9.2a, 17.9.3a, 17.9.4, 17.9.5, 17.9.4a, 17.9.5a, 17.9.5b, 17.9.5e, 17.9.5f, 17.11.1, 17.11.1a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.12.2, 17.12.3, 17.12.4, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)