CVE-2019-1876
mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability in the HTTPS proxy feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to use the Central Manager as an HTTPS proxy. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication of proxy connection requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTPS CONNECT message to the Central Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access public internet resources that would normally be blocked by corporate policies.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- cisco wide area application services= 5.5(7)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco wide area application services= 6.1(1)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco wide area application services= 6.4(3b)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypassCisco Wide Area Application Services Software HTTPS Proxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability2019-06-19csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the HTTPS proxy feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to use the Central Manager as an HTTPS proxy. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication of proxy connection requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTPS CONNECT message to the Central Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access public internet resources that would normally be blocked by corporate policies. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypass ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypass"]
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.cisco.com/cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvo13639Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1876cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypasscnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2209/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108863cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108863enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-waas-authbypassenisa_euvd
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