CVE-2019-1876 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-1876: Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software HTTPS Proxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
Weakness CWE-306 · Missing auth
Published June 20, 2019
Last update November 21, 2024

CVSS base score

4.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the HTTPS proxy feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to use the Central Manager as an HTTPS proxy. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication of proxy connection requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTPS CONNECT message to the Central Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access public internet resources that would normally be blocked by corporate policies.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 20, 2019 CVE published
November 21, 2024 Record updated