CVE-2019-1974: cisco cisco unified computing system director Improper Authentication

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-1974 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in cisco cisco unified computing system director. EPSS estimates a 4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-08-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user authentication and gain access as an administrative user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient request header validation during the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious requests to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain full administrative access to the affected device.

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationWhen an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.