Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets a remote attacker trick a logged-in Cisco unified communications user into clicking a malicious link. If successful, the attacker could send unauthorized web requests, including changing that user's password, and then act as that user.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority integrity risk for communications infrastructure. It is not described as actively exploited in the supplied evidence, but password change capability can enable account takeover if a targeted user is successfully tricked.
Technical view
CVE-2019-1915 is a CWE-352 CSRF issue in web-based interfaces for several Cisco Unified Communications products. The weakness is insufficient CSRF protection. Exploitation is network-accessible, low complexity, requires user interaction, and can cause high integrity impact without attacker authentication.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where affected Cisco Unified Communications web interfaces are reachable by users' browsers. The source bundle does not identify specific affected versions, so asset owners must verify installed Cisco product versions against the vendor advisory.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires persuading a targeted user to click a malicious link while the affected web interface can process the forged request.
Researcher notes
The supplied data names the vulnerability class, impact, CVSS vector, and affected product families, but not exact vulnerable versions or fixed releases. Avoid assuming exploit availability or remediation details beyond Cisco's advisory.
Mitigation direction
- Review the Cisco advisory for affected releases and vendor-supported fixes.
- Apply Cisco-recommended updates or workarounds for confirmed affected deployments.
- Limit web interface access to trusted networks and administrative paths.
- Warn privileged users about untrusted links while signed into UC portals.
- Monitor unexpected password changes and unusual administrative actions.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco Unified Communications products and versions in use.
- Confirm whether each product/version appears in the Cisco advisory.
- Check whether web interfaces are reachable from user workstations or the internet.
- Review logs for unexpected password changes or account activity.
- Verify remediation status after applying Cisco guidance.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20191002 Multiple Cisco Unified Communications Products Cross-Site Request Forgery VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.