Vulnerability record

CVE-2019-1652

Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN RoutersCiscoKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2019-1652 scored CVSS 7.2: Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers, Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References