Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.6.0 Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Firepower Management Center. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-20235. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Firepower Management Center. This affects an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting crafted input into various data fields in an affected interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20235 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1841). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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
• 7.4.2.2
• 7.6.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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