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.