How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
- Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
- Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
- Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
- Availability impact: None.
Weakness class
CVE-2025-20168 is classified as CWE-86: Improper Neutralization of Invalid Characters in Identifiers in Web Pages. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes invalid characters or byte sequences in the middle of tag names, URI schemes, and other identifiers.
Affected software
CVE-2025-20168 is recorded against 2 packages.
- common-services-platform-collector
- crosswork-network-controller (from 7.0.0 up to 7.0.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 8 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
Other advisories for this package
common-services-platform-collector has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-86: Improper Neutralization of Invalid Characters in Identifiers in Web Pages) in other software:
