# CVE-2019-1717: Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Web-Based Management Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can download arbitrary files from Cisco Video Surveillance Manager via malicious requests, exposing sensitive information.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2019
- **Updated:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f37q-2cvq-g869

## What is CVE-2019-1717?

CVE-2019-1717 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, published on 15 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Video Surveillance Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of parameters handled by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an affected component. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected device, which could contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1717?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Video Surveillance Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-1717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-1717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager

- [CVE-2018-15427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15427/): Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Appliance Default Password Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-3430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3430/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2013-3429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3429/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-3431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3431/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-1717 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-1717 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, published on 15 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Video Surveillance Manager. 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-2019-1717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1717/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1717/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.