CVE-2019-16028

CRITICAL

Cisco Firepower Management Center - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication responses from an external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0335
EPSS Percentile 87.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center < 6.2.3.16
Published Sep 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026