Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance PrivEsc via HTTP Input Validation
CVE-2025-20341 Published on November 13, 2025
Cisco Catalyst Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform unauthorized modifications to the system, including creating new user accounts or elevating their own privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials for a user account with at least the role of Observer.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-20341 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2025-20341 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-20341
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Affected Versions
Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center):- Version 2.3.7.5-VA is affected.
- Version 2.3.7.6-VA is affected.
- Version 2.3.7.7-VA is affected.
- Version 2.3.7.9-VA is affected.
- Version 2.3.7.9.75403.10-VA is affected.
Exploit Probability
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