CVE-2019-12629 Cisco SD-WAN vManage Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 4.7 Published 26 Jan 2020 Updated 15 Nov 2024

Authenticated attackers can inject and execute arbitrary commands on Cisco SD-WAN vManage systems via malicious usernames in the WebUI.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-12629?

CVE-2019-12629 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Solution, published on 26 Jan 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the WebUI of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with vmanage user privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data parameters for certain fields in the affected solution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring a malicious username on the login page of the affected solution. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with vmanage user privileges on an affected system.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12629?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Sd-Wan Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-12629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r7cm-r8x5-rq3w.