Improper Authorization in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1863
Published: August 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20452
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1863
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the system configuration.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient authorization enforcement in the web-based management interface. A remote authenticated attacker with read-only privilegescan send a specially crafted HTTP request and change critical system configurations using administrator privileges.
This vulnerability affects the following products that are running Cisco IMC Software:
- UCS C-Series and S-Series Servers in standalone mode
- UCS E-Series Servers
- 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) Platforms
Affected software
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1863
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Integrated Management Controller - addressed in versions 1.5.9g, 2.0.13o, 3.0.4k, 4.0.1d, 4.0.2c, 4.0.4b