What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-1716: Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and 8800 Series Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2019-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-20
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software for Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability exists because the software improperly validates user-supplied input during user authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected device using HTTP and supplying malicious user credentials. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a DoS condition, or to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the app user. Cisco fixed this vulnerability in the following SIP Software releases: 10.3(1)SR5 and later for Cisco Unified IP Conference Phone 8831; 11.0(4)SR3 and later for Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 and 8821-EX; and 12.5(1)SR1 and later for the rest of the Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and 8800 Series.
Affected products
- Cisco Ip Conference Phone 7800 Firmware: before 12.5\(1\)sr1 — fixed in 12.5\(1\)sr1
- Cisco Ip Phone 8800 Firmware: before 12.5\(1\)sr1 — fixed in 12.5\(1\)sr1
- Cisco Ip Phone 8821-Ex Firmware: before 11.0\(4\)sr3 — fixed in 11.0\(4\)sr3
- Cisco Ip Phone 8821 Firmware: before 11.0\(4\)sr3 — fixed in 11.0\(4\)sr3
- Cisco Unified Ip Conferenece Phone 8831 Firmware: before 10.3\(1\)sr5 — fixed in 10.3\(1\)sr5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Ip Conference Phone 7800 Firmware 12.5\(1\)sr1; Cisco Ip Phone 8800 Firmware 12.5\(1\)sr1; Cisco Ip Phone 8821-Ex Firmware 11.0\(4\)sr3; Cisco Ip Phone 8821 Firmware 11.0\(4\)sr3; Cisco Unified Ip Conferenece Phone 8831 Firmware 10.3\(1\)sr5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190320-ip-phone-rce
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190320-ip-phone-rce
Get alerted when CVE-2019-1716 or the next vulnerability affects your stack