CVE-2019-1876: cisco cisco wide area application services (waas)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-1876 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in cisco cisco wide area application services (waas). EPSS estimates a 1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 20-06-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the HTTPS proxy feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to use the Central Manager as an HTTPS proxy. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication of proxy connection requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTPS CONNECT message to the Central Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access public internet resources that would normally be blocked by corporate policies.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA4.0MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
1.77%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.77% on 21-09-2026
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 wide area application services (waas)≥ unspecified, < 6.4(5.6)
- wide_area_application_services5.5\(7\) | 6.1.1 | 6.4\(3b\)
1 vendor · 2 products
References
2 links- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypassVendor AdvisoryX Refsource CISCO