CVE-2019-15260

Cisco Aironet Access Points Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2019 at 06:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
13 products affected across 1 vendorAironet 3800 FirmwareAironet 2800 FirmwareAironet 4800 Firmware

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to a targeted device with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for certain URLs on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by requesting specific URLs from an affected AP. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to the device with elevated privileges. While the attacker would not be granted access to all possible configuration options, it could allow the attacker to view sensitive information and replace some options with values of their choosing, including wireless network configuration. It would also allow the attacker to disable the AP, creating a denial of service (DoS) condition for clients associated with the AP.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-1540 (same device)
8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-1560 (same device)
8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-1800 (same device)
8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-2800 (same device)
8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-3800 (same device)
8.5 ≤ v < 8.5.151.08.8 ≤ v < 8.8.120.0
Affected range stops below 8.5.151.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.120.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-aironet-4800 (same device)
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

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