{"id":"CVE-2025-20164","title":"A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizati…","summary":"A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizati…","severity":"high","cvss":8.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"Cisco","product":"IOS","affected":["IOS 15.0(2)SE8","IOS 15.0(2)EA","IOS 15.0(2)EA1","IOS 15.2(2)E","IOS 15.2(2)E1","IOS 15.2(3)E1","IOS 15.2(2)E2","IOS 15.2(2)E3","IOS 15.2(2a)E2","IOS 15.2(3)E2","IOS 15.2(3)E3","IOS 15.2(2)E4","IOS 15.2(2)E5","IOS 15.2(3)E4","IOS 15.2(5)E","IOS 15.2(2)E6","IOS 15.2(5)E1","IOS 15.2(2)E5a","IOS 15.2(5a)E1","IOS 15.2(2)E7","IOS 15.2(5)E2","IOS 15.2(6)E","IOS 15.2(5)E2c","IOS 15.2(2)E8","IOS 15.2(6)E0a","IOS 15.2(6)E1","IOS 15.2(6)E0c","IOS 15.2(2)E9","IOS 15.2(7)E","IOS 15.2(2)E10","IOS 15.2(6)E2a","IOS 15.2(7)E0b","IOS 15.2(7)E0s","IOS 15.2(6)E3","IOS 15.2(7)E2","IOS 15.2(7)E3","IOS 15.2(7)E1a","IOS 15.2(7)E4","IOS 15.2(8)E","IOS 15.2(8)E1","IOS 15.2(7)E5","IOS 15.2(7)E6","IOS 15.2(8)E2","IOS 15.2(7)E7","IOS 15.2(8)E3","IOS 15.2(7)E8","IOS 15.2(8)E4","IOS 15.2(7)E9","IOS 15.2(8)E5","IOS 15.2(8)E6"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2025-05-08T03:56:34.423573Z"},"published":"2025-05-07","updated":"2026-11-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-03T22:02:52.222Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20164","references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-http-privesc-wCRd5e3","label":"cisco-sa-ios-http-privesc-wCRd5e3"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00342,"epssPercentile":0.27817,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T20:33:06.533Z","slug":"CVE-2025-20164","body":"## Overview\n\nA vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of authorizations for authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to privilege level 15.\r\n\r To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. Read-only DM users are assigned privilege level 5.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `IOS 15.0(2)SE8`\n- `IOS 15.0(2)EA`\n- `IOS 15.0(2)EA1`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(3)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E3`\n- `IOS 15.2(2a)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(3)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(3)E3`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E4`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E5`\n- `IOS 15.2(3)E4`\n- `IOS 15.2(5)E`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E6`\n- `IOS 15.2(5)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E5a`\n- `IOS 15.2(5a)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E7`\n- `IOS 15.2(5)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E`\n- `IOS 15.2(5)E2c`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E8`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E0a`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E0c`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E9`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E`\n- `IOS 15.2(2)E10`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E2a`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E0b`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E0s`\n- `IOS 15.2(6)E3`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E3`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E1a`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E4`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E1`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E5`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E6`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E2`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E7`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E3`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E8`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E4`\n- `IOS 15.2(7)E9`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E5`\n- `IOS 15.2(8)E6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":46,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":45.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}