SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-20268

Description

A vulnerability in the Geolocation-Based Remote Access (RA) VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies to allow or deny HTTP connections based on a country or region. This vulnerability exists because the URL string is not fully parsed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP connection through the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured policies and gain access to a network where the connection should have been denied.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Secure Firewall Threat Defense	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-229

Improper Handling of Values

The product does not properly handle when the expected number of values for parameters, fields, or arguments is not provided in input, or if those values are undefined.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	cisco	secure_firewall_threat_defense	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-ravpn-geobypass-9h38M37Z

CVSS Score

5.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 14, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 15, 2025, 1:12 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@cisco.com

CVE-2025-20268