CVE-2019-1863: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the system configuration. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow a user with read-only privileges to change critical system configurations using administrator privileges.

Affected products

Cisco Integrated Management Controller: from 1.5.0.0 before 1.5\(9g\); from 2.0.0.0 before 2.0\(13o\); from 3.0.0.0 before 3.0\(4k\); from 4.0.0.0 before 4.0\(4b\); from 4.0.0.0 before 4.0\(1d\); from 4.0.0.0 before 4.0\(2c\) — fixed in 1.5\(9g\), 2.0\(13o\), 3.0\(4k\), 4.0\(1d\), 4.0\(2c\), 4.0\(4b\)
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): 4.0(1c)hs3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Integrated Management Controller 1.5\(9g\), 2.0\(13o\), 3.0\(4k\), 4.0\(1d\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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