CVE-2019-1971

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.61% (89th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9
v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-78USCWE-78US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-20190807-nfv-commandinjCisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Command Injection Vulnerability2019-08-07csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. 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-20190807-nfv-commandinj ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190807-nfv-commandinj"]

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-08-08modified 2026-08-24
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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