Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.6.0 Web-based Management Interface authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Management Center. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-20301. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Management Center. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure FMC Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, remote attacker to access troubleshoot files for a different domain. This vulnerability is due to missing authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by directly accessing a troubleshoot file for a different domain that is managed on the same Cisco Secure FMC instance. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve a troubleshoot file for a different domain, which could allow the attacker to access sensitive information contained in the troubleshoot file.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-20301 since 10/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/17/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1841). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Firepower Management Center

Version

• 6.2.3
• 6.2.3.1
• 6.2.3.2
• 6.2.3.3
• 6.2.3.4
• 6.2.3.5
• 6.2.3.6
• 6.2.3.7
• 6.2.3.8
• 6.2.3.9
• 6.2.3.10
• 6.2.3.11
• 6.2.3.12
• 6.2.3.13
• 6.2.3.14
• 6.2.3.15
• 6.2.3.16
• 6.2.3.17
• 6.2.3.18
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.0.1
• 6.4.0.2
• 6.4.0.3
• 6.4.0.4
• 6.4.0.5
• 6.4.0.6
• 6.4.0.7
• 6.4.0.8
• 6.4.0.9
• 6.4.0.10
• 6.4.0.11
• 6.4.0.12
• 6.4.0.13
• 6.4.0.14
• 6.4.0.15
• 6.4.0.16
• 6.4.0.17
• 6.4.0.18
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.0.1
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.5.1
• 6.6.5.2
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.7.1
• 6.6.7.2
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.0.1
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.1.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.2.1
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.6.1
• 7.0.6.2
• 7.0.6.3
• 7.0.7
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.0.1
• 7.1.0.2
• 7.1.0.3
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.0.1
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.3.1
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.4.1
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.5.1
• 7.2.5.2
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.8.1
• 7.2.9
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.1.1
• 7.3.1.2
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.1.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.2.1
• 7.6.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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