Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-12683 is a high-severity flaw in Cisco Firepower Management Center’s web management interface. An authenticated remote user could abuse SQL injection weaknesses to see or change unauthorized data and potentially run operating-system commands, affecting device availability.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for FMC systems that manage production security controls or are reachable from broad internal networks. The risk is serious because compromise could affect confidentiality, configuration integrity, and availability of a security management platform.
Technical view
Cisco describes multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities caused by improper input validation in FMC Software. The issue requires network access and low privileges, no user interaction, and has CVSS 3.0 score 8.8 with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Cisco FMC is deployed and its web management interface is reachable by authenticated users. The provided bundle does not specify affected or fixed FMC versions, so version exposure must be checked against Cisco’s advisory.
Exploitation context
The bundle supports authenticated remote exploitation against the web interface, but does not show public exploitation or active exploitation. CISA KEV status is false in the provided data, so active exploitation should not be claimed.
Researcher notes
The source bundle gives strong impact and CVSS detail, but omits exact affected versions, fixed versions, and Cisco mitigation text. Further analysis should start with the Cisco advisory, not assumptions about FMC release branches.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco’s advisory for affected and fixed FMC releases.
- Upgrade or remediate FMC according to Cisco’s vendor guidance.
- Restrict FMC web management access to trusted administration networks.
- Remove unnecessary FMC accounts and limit privileges.
- Monitor FMC logs for unusual authenticated web activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all Cisco Firepower Management Center deployments.
- Compare running FMC versions against Cisco’s advisory.
- Confirm management access is limited to authorized admin networks.
- Review FMC user accounts for unnecessary low-privilege access.
- Check vulnerability management records for CVE-2019-12683 coverage.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20191002 Cisco Firepower Management Center SQL Injection VulnerabilitiesCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.