CVE-2019-16028 CRITICAL

CVE-2019-16028: Cisco Firepower Management Center Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Management Center
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published September 23, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication responses from an external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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