Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

published 2019-09-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4226

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the authorization module of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain out-of-scope access to email. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not correctly implement role permission controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a custom role with specific permissions. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the spam quarantine of other users.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 12.5.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-21)

Exploit prediction

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190904-sma-info-dis
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-12635
NVD CVE-2019-12635

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Summary