Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-16009 – Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Severity
High
Analysis Summary
The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web UI on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the targeted user. If the user has administrative privileges, the attacker could alter the configuration, execute commands, or reload an affected device.
Impact
Cross-site request forgery
Affected Vendors
Cisco
Affected Products
Cisco IOS or Cisco IOS XE Software earlier than 16.1.1