Open Redirect in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator

CVE-2019-15974

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting a user's HTTP request and modifying it into a request that causes the web interface to redirect the user to a specific malicious URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15974?
CVE-2019-15974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-15974?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.