Cisco Aironet Series Access Points Directory Traversal Vulnerability

published 2019-04-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10392

cvss: 4.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information stored in an AP. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of an affected AP with administrator privileges and issuing crafted commands that result in directory traversal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view system files on the affected device, which could contain sensitive information. Software versions 8.8 and 8.9 are affected.

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	4.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190417-air-ap-traversal
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108001
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1835
NVD CVE-2019-1835

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Summary