CVE-2019-1754 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software, specifically within its web UI authorization subsystem. An authenticated but unprivileged remote attacker could exploit this by submitting a malicious payload to a specific endpoint, allowing them to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS commands with higher privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0jaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.2.0ja:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.7.1aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.7.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.7.1bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.7.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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