Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server and Cisco Expressway Series Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

published 2019-06-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10429

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) and Cisco Expressway Series software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected system to send arbitrary network requests. The vulnerability is due to improper restrictions on network services in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send arbitrary network requests sourced from the affected system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) X12.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-19)

Exploit prediction

1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190605-vcs
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108677
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1872
NVD CVE-2019-1872

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Summary