Path Traversal in Cisco Firepower Management Center

CVE-2019-12691

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass Cisco FMC Software security restrictions and gain access to the underlying filesystem of the affected device.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.039 (89.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.