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high 7.2

CVE-2019-15978 in the critical feed json

Cisco Data Center Network Manager Command Injection Vulnerabilities

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6872

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.5%
EPSS 37.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in the REST and SOAP API endpoints of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges on the DCNM application to inject arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS). For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. Note: The severity of these vulnerabilities is aggravated by the vulnerabilities described in the Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities advisory, published simultaneously with this one.

Patch / fix

  • cisco data_center_network_manager 11.3\(1\)

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48020)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

37.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48020 Cisco Data Center Network Manager 11.2.1 - 'LanFabricImpl' Command Injection webapps, 2020-02-06
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156242/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-11.2.1-Command-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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