CVE-2019-15974 Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Open Redirect Vulnerability
An unauthenticated remote attacker can redirect users to malicious web pages via improper input validation in the Cisco MSX web interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-15974?
CVE-2019-15974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator, published on 23 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting a user's HTTP request and modifying it into a request that causes the web interface to redirect the user to a specific malicious URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15974?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Managed Services Accelerator.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15974?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15974 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-15974 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15974 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qcwg-fv89-gmhm.