RCE in Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software

CVE-2019-1971

A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.036 (88.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1971?
CVE-2019-1971 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-1971?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.