Cisco RV110W, RV130W, and RV215W Routers Web-based Management Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Threat Alert

Cisco RV110W, RV130W, and RV215W Routers Web-based Management Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Threat Alert

March 25, 2019 | Adeline Zhang

Overview

On February 27 (local time), Cisco officially released a security advisory to announce a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2019-1663) in Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router, and Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router. This vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of the preceding products, which fails to properly validate user-supplied data.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the target device. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code as a high-privileged user on the underlying operating system of the affected device.

A vulnerable web-based management interface is accessible via a local area network (LAN) or the remote management function. Note that the remote management function is disabled on affected devices by default.

Base 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X

For details, please click the following link:

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190227-rmi-cmd-ex

Affected Versions

  • RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall Version <= 2.2.1
  • RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router Version <= 0.3.45
  • RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router Version <= 3.1.1

Unaffected Versions

  • RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall Version == 2.2.1
  • RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router Version == 0.3.45
  • RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router Version == 3.1.1

Solution

Cisco has officially released new versions to patch the vulnerability in question. Users are advised to visit reference link [1] to download patches and update their installation to the latest versions as soon as possible. For how to check whether the remote management function is enabled, see reference link [2]:

[1]https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190227-rmi-cmd-ex#fr

[2]https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190227-rmi-cmd-ex#vp

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