SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12689

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system of an affected device.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious commands to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system of the affected device.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.12% probability · 88th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
cisco/secure firewall management center
Source
psirt@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 3.12%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.