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CVE-2019-1821

PUBLISHED

Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Not yet in CISA KEV

Exploited in the wild PoC available Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Published
May 16, 2019
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Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exist because the software improperly validates user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

nuclei_scanner

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.0 8.8 High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2025-06-08 00:00:00 UTC · The Shadowserver (via CIRCL)

Proof of concept available

Recorded 2025-04-28 15:02:06 UTC · Nuclei Templates

References

Known Exploited Vulnerability Sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) First 2025-06-08 00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/cpi_tararchive_upload.rb Apr 28, 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-1821.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

CVE-2019-1821

nuclei · Created Unknown

cpi_tararchive_upload

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2019-1821

Timeline

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • CVE Published to Public

  • CVE ID Reserved