Vulnerability · Published Jul 2, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20308Cisco Spaces Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the Cisco Spaces Connector CLI as the spacesadmin user and executing a specific command with crafted parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges from the spacesadmin user and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco DNA Spaces Connector | Connector 3 Jan 2023Connector 3-May 2023Connector 3-Jan 2024Connector 3-Jun 2024Connector 3-May 2024Connector 3-Jul 2024Connector 3-Jan 2025 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N