vulnerability
Cisco Cisco Small Business RV Router: CVE-2019-15271: Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 Routers Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 6, 2019 | Apr 9, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 6, 2019
Added
Apr 9, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The attacker must have either a valid credential or an active session token. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the HTTP payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the web-based management interface of the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.
Solution
cisco-small-business-rv-router-app-upgrade-latest
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