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title: "CVE-2019-1821: Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved… | CubePath"
description: "A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1821
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# CVE-2019-1821: Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved… | CubePath

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability exist because the software improperly validates user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious file to the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

Official description from the CVE record, published by cisco. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1821)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.0 High 8.8

Score published by cisco in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network   | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | Low       | A basic user account is needed.                                                     |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                                   |
| Confidentiality impact | High      | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High      | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High      | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.98051 (98.1% probability)

Percentile

99.9%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA assessment as of Nov 20, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html) Improper Input Validation

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Cisco Prime Infrastructure

  - affected: 3.4

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20190515 Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities](https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-pi-rce)  (tools.cisco.com) vendor-advisory
- [108339](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108339)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [packetstormsecurity.com/files/153350/Cisco-Prime-Infrastruc…](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153350/Cisco-Prime-Infrastructure-Health-Monitor-TarArchive-Directory-Traversal.html)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 6, 2018
2. Record published May 16, 2019
3. Record last updated Nov 20, 2024

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