Cisco IOS Software Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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A vulnerability in the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switch Device Manager (DM) of Cisco IOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with privilege level 5 or higher. <em>Read-only</em> DM users are assigned privilege level 5.<br><br>

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.<br><br>
This advisory is available at the following link:<br><a href=”https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-http-privesc-wCRd5e3″>https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-http-privesc-wCRd5e3</a><br><br>
This advisory is part of the May 2025 release of the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see <a href=”https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75279″>Cisco Event Response: May 2025 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication</a>.<br><br>

<br/>Security Impact Rating: High

<br/>CVE: CVE-2025-20164Cisco Security AdvisoryRead More