THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-1755
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1755

Ios Xe vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS commands as a privilege level 15 user. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software improperly sanitizes user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted HTTP requests to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected device.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Ios Xe
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-03-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1755

  • Confirm whether Cisco Ios Xe is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1755.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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