CVE-2019-1903 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-1903: Cisco Security Manager XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Security Manager
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published June 20, 2019
Last update November 19, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper restrictions on XML entities. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to a targeted system that contain references within XML entities. An exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve files from the local system, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information, or cause the application to consume available resources, resulting in a DoS condition.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 20, 2019 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated