CVE-2019-1653

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-01-24 16:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-12-06

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

70f2d5bb4f76f4ed1e412650638d82ffe6e4b7164ab40a54c24a1003931b5861

• www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0RQJDlGbYx_refsource_MISC
• badpackets.nethttps://badpackets.net/over-9000-cisco-rv320-rv325-routers-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-1653/x_refsource_MISC
• tools.cisco.com20190123 Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerabilityhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-rv-infovendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• www.securityfocus.com106732http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106732vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com46262https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46262/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• seclists.org20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrievalhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/60mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Exporthttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/59mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• seclists.org20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrievalhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/54mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Exporthttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/53mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152260/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Configuration-Export.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152261/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Diagnostic-Data-Retrieval.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com46655https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46655/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.zdnet.comhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/x_refsource_MISC
• threatpost.comhttps://threatpost.com/scans-cisco-routers-code-execution/141218/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1653government-resource