Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software File Enumeration Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability in the web server functionality of Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform file enumeration on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the web server responding with different error codes for existing and non-existing files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending GET requests for different file names. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to enumerate files residing on the system.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• CWE-538 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-538 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Cisco · Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software

  • affected unspecified – < 3.12.1

What to do

Exploitation: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

References (1)

• 20190821 Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software File Enumeration Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2019-12623](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2019-12623.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-12623)

Record last updated 21 Nov 2024, 19:16 UTC.