CVE-2019-1652 — Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Overview
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges on an affected device to execute arbitrary commands.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-1652
- Vulnerability
- Cisco Small Business Routers Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Affected products
- Cisco: Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2022-03-03
Remediation guidance
CVE-2019-1652 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Cisco the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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