CVE-2024-20459 Cisco ATA 190 Series Analog Telephone Adapter Muliplatform Firmware Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published 16 Oct 2024 Updated 16 Oct 2024

Authenticated high-privilege attackers can execute arbitrary root commands on Cisco ATA 190 devices via the web interface.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-20459?

CVE-2024-20459 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA) Software, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ATA 190 Multiplatform Series Analog Telephone Adapter firmware could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to a lack of input sanitization in the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20459?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ata 191 Firmware, Cisco Ata 192 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20459 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-2024-20459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vg6p-xhm4-6r5f.