CVE-2019-15959

Cisco Small Business SPA500 Series IP Phones Local Script Execution Vulnerability

MEDIUM

6.6

CVSS Score

Published: September 23, 2020 at 12:27 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC

10 products affected across 1 vendorSPA500 Series IP Phones FirmwareSpa514GSpa512G

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Severity

MEDIUM6.6

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Small Business SPA500 Series IP Phones could allow a physically proximate attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device. The vulnerability is due to the presence of development testing and verification scripts that remained on the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the physical interface of a device and inserting a USB storage device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute scripts on the device in an elevated security context.

Affected

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

SPA500 Series IP Phones Firmware · Cisco

95%

v ≤ 7.5.7(5)

cisco-spa500ds (environment) · cisco-spa501g (environment) · cisco-spa502g (environment) · cisco-spa504g (environment) · cisco-spa512g (environment) · cisco-spa514g (environment) · cisco-spa525g (environment) · cisco-spa525g2 (environment) · cisco-spa500s (same device)

Spa500Ds · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Spa500S · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Spa501G · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Spa502G · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions