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Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-20188
Unauthenticated File Upload to Root RCE in Cisco IOS XE WLC (Hard-coded JWT)
10.027%PoC

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 Ravie Lakshmanan  May 08, 2025 Vulnerability / Network Security Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188 , has been rated 10. 0 on the CVSS scoring system.

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