CVE detail

CVE-2019-16028 — CVE-2019-16028

Published 2020-09-23 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product secure_firewall_management_center · Source nvd
CRITICAL
severity
CVSS-derived band
9.8
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0335
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
88.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication responses from an external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Centernot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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