# CVE-2019-12708: Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters Administrative Credentials Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can view administrative credentials in the web interface, enabling privilege escalation on Cisco SPA100 series adapters.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 21 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmg7-f8qc-j744

## What is CVE-2019-12708?

CVE-2019-12708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapter, published on 16 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-based management interface of Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters (ATAs) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of user credentials. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by viewing portions of the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access administrative credentials and potentially gain elevated privileges by reusing stolen credentials on the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12708?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Spa112 Firmware, Cisco Spa122 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-12708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-12708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapter

- [CVE-2023-20126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20126/): Cisco SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapters Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-15240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15240/): Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-15241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15241/): Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-15242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15242/): Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-15243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15243/): Cisco SPA100 Series Analog Telephone Adapters Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-12708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapter, published on 16 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapter. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12708

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