CVE-2019-15271: Cisco RV Series Routers Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers could allow an attacker to execute code with root privileges.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute code with root privileges.
- Who is affected
- Certain Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the potential for remote code execution and active exploitation.
- Action
- Apply the security update provided by Cisco.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15271
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2019-15271Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 93% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-15271 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Cisco RV Series
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-20118: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-20708: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-20703: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-20700: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-20699: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-20701: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-03
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