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CVE-2019-1652

Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.2EPSS 95.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
95.92% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 March 2022 · due 17 March 2022
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-78
Affected
cisco/rv320 firmware · cisco/rv325 firmware
Source
psirt@cisco.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1652

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.