Telepresence Video Communication ServerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2019-1872
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceServer-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence VCS and Expressway Series allows unauthenticated remote attackers to force the affected system to send arbitrary outbound network requests due to improper restrictions on network services.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Telepresence Video Communication ServerApplication
< x12.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the productCheck if the system is running Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server or Expressway Series by examining the system interface, login page, or running 'version' command via CLI if accessibleAffected if The system is confirmed to be Cisco TelePresence VCS or Expressway Series
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Check installed versionAccess the VCS/Expressway admin interface (typically via web browser) and navigate to 'System > About' or use CLI command 'version' to determine the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is x12.4 or earlier (any version below x12.5)
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Verify network service exposureCheck if the VCS/Expressway web interface or API endpoints are exposed to untrusted networks by reviewing firewall rules, NAT configurations, or network ACLsAffected if The admin interface or API services are reachable from untrusted/external networks without proper filtering
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Review network access controlsExamine the VCS/Expressway network configuration for allowed outbound connections and any configured proxy or network restriction settingsAffected if No outbound network restrictions are configured or the system can make arbitrary HTTP/HTTPS requests to external addresses
A system is affected if it is a Cisco TelePresence VCS or Expressway Series running any version below x12.5 with its network services exposed to untrusted networks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Cisco's security update/patch for CVE-2019-1872. As interim controls, restrict outbound network access from the VCS/Expressway and implement network segmentation.
Fix this in Telepresence Video Communication Server
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-1872 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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