CVEs / CVE-2019-1652
CVE-2019-1652: Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Mar 2022
- high 7.2 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 95.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges on an affected device to execute arbitrary commands.
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges on an affected device to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP POST requests to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux shell as root. Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Mar 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 17 Mar 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-20, CWE-78 |
References
- CVE-2019-1652 on NVD
- CVE-2019-1652 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152262/Cisco-RV320-Command-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/61 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106728 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/55 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-rv-inject Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46243/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46655/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1652 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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