$ cve CVE-2019-1821 JSON

CVE-2019-1821 EXPLOIT

8.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 98.1% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exist because the software improperly validates user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

Scoring

CVSS	8.8 (HIGH, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	98.05% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-20
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2019-05-16
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
cisco	evolved programmable network manager
cisco	network level service
cisco	prime infrastructure

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Cisco Prime Infrastructure Health Monitor - TarArchive Directory Traversal (Metasploit)	2019-06-20
exploit-db	Cisco Prime Infrastructure Health Monitor HA TarArchive - Directory Traversal / Remote Code Execution	2019-05-17

References

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