Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software

CVE-2019-1755 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

A vulnerability in the Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) function of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS commands as a privilege level 15 user. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software improperly sanitizes user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted HTTP requests to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected device.

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