THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-1723
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1723

Common Services Platform Collector vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected device by using an account that has a default, static password. This account does not have administrator privileges. The vulnerability exists because the affected software has a user account with a default, static password. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by remotely connecting to the affected system using this account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the CSPC using the default account. For Cisco CSPC 2.7.x, Cisco fixed this vulnerability in Release 2.7.4.6. For Cisco CSPC 2.8.x, Cisco fixed this vulnerability in Release 2.8.1.2.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Common Services Platform Collector
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2019-03-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1723

  • Confirm whether Cisco Common Services Platform Collector is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1723.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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