CVE-2019-12688 Cisco Firepower Management Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
An authenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands on Cisco Firepower Management Center devices via the web UI due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-12688?
CVE-2019-12688 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 2 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web UI of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the affected device.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12688?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12688?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12688 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-2019-12688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9m45-vc7p-8mc6.