CVE-2019-1816

Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 3, 2019 at 04:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWeb Security Appliance

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the log subscription subsystem of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web and command-line interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device and injecting scripting commands in the scope of the log subscription subsystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

Affected

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

v < 10.1.4-17v < 10.5.4-018v < 11.5.2-020v < 11.7.0-40610.5.2-7211.0.0-64111.5.0-fcs-614wsa10.5.0-fcs-0
Affected range stops below 10.1.4-17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.5.4-018, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.5.2-020, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.7.0-406, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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