CVE-2019-15974 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-15974: Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Open Redirect Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Managed Services Accelerator
Weakness CWE-601 · Open redirect
Published September 23, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting a user's HTTP request and modifying it into a request that causes the web interface to redirect the user to a specific malicious URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 23, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated