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CVE-2019-1903: Cisco Security Manager XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Security Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper restrictions on XML entities. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to a targeted system that contain references within XML entities. An exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve files from the local system, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information, or cause the application to consume available resources, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected products

• Cisco Security Manager: 4.14-sp2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108857
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-csm-xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108857
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-csm-xml

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