CVE-2019-1867: cisco cisco elastic services controller Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-1867 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in cisco cisco elastic services controller. EPSS estimates a 30.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 10-05-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 19-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on the REST API. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary actions through the REST API with administrative privileges on an affected system.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST10.0CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
30.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 30.34% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco2 products
- cisco elastic services controller≥ unspecified, < 4.1.0.100 | ≥ unspecified, < 4.2.0.74 | ≥ unspecified, < 4.3.0.121 | ≥ unspecified, < 4.4.0.80
- elastic_services_controller≥ 4.1, < 4.5
1 vendor · 2 products
References
1 links- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190507-esc-authbypassVendor AdvisoryX Refsource CISCO