CVE-2019-15271Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 Routers Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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It affects Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware and 4 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since Jun 8, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 22, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The attacker must have either a valid credential or an active session token. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of the HTTP payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the web-based management interface of the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.0, CNA)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-502
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jun 8, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 22, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 5.49% (percentile 93)
- Assigned by
- cisco
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Cisco Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware cisco:small_business_rv_series_router_firmware (from the name) | from unspecified before n/a | CNA record |
cisco rv016_multi-wan_vpn_firmware cisco:rv016_multi-wan_vpn_firmware | before 4.2.3.10 | NVD |
cisco rv042_dual_wan_vpn_firmware cisco:rv042_dual_wan_vpn_firmware | before 4.2.3.10 | NVD |
cisco rv042g_dual_gigabit_wan_vpn_firmware cisco:rv042g_dual_gigabit_wan_vpn_firmware | before 4.2.3.10 | NVD |
cisco rv082_dual_wan_vpn_firmware cisco:rv082_dual_wan_vpn_firmware | before 4.2.3.10 | NVD |
References
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191106-sbrv-cmd-xvendor-advisory, x-refsource-cisco
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-15271us-government-resource
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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