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High · 8.8 Known exploited CVE-2019-15271 EUVD-2019-6279GHSA-87q2-rr35-r6c9

Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 Routers Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Published Nov 26, 2019 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware unspecified – < n/a n/a

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