# CVE-2019-19277: Privilege escalation in SIPORT MP

> Remote authenticated attackers can create hidden service accounts with administrative privileges to perform unauthorized actions like granting access to secured areas.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c6fw-9pjp-59cm

## What is CVE-2019-19277?

CVE-2019-19277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SIPORT MP, published on 10 Mar 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIPORT MP (All versions < 3.1.4). Vulnerable versions of the device allow the creation of special accounts ("service users") with administrative privileges that could enable a remote authenticated attacker to perform actions that are not visible to other users of the system, such as granting persons access to a secured area.

Weakness: CWE-778 (Insufficient Logging)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19277?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Siport Mp.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens AG SIPORT MP

- [CVE-2020-7591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7591/): Auth bypass in SIPORT MP (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19277 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19277 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SIPORT MP, published on 10 Mar 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG SIPORT MP. 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-2019-19277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19277/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19277
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19277
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19277

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