What is CVE-2019-12623?

CVE-2019-12623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-12623?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software

CVE-2019-12623

A vulnerability in the web server functionality of Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform file enumeration on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the web server responding with different error codes for existing and non-existing files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending GET requests for different file names. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to enumerate files residing on the system.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software — versions unspecified
Cisco Enterprise_network_functions_virtualization_infrastructure

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-538 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12623?: CVE-2019-12623 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-12623?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.