- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 99.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper access controls for URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected device via HTTP or HTTPS and requesting specific URLs. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download the router configuration or detailed diagnostic information. Cisco has released firmware updates that address this vulnerability.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Cisco RV320/RV326 Configuration Disclosure (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/gather/cisco_rv320_configRank normaldisclosed 24 Jan 2019
- Cisco RV320 and RV325 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/cisco_rv32x_rceRank normaldisclosed 9 Sept 2018
Nuclei templates1 template
- Cisco Small Business WAN VPN Routers - Sensitive Information Disclosure (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-1653.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Cisco RV320 and RV325 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46655remote, hardwarepublished 3 Apr 2019Verified
- Cisco RV300 / RV320 - Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46262webapps, hardwarepublished 28 Jan 2019Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 46262 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46655 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.9% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware
- affected n/a
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
References16
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0RQJDlGbY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://badpackets.net/over-9000-cisco-rv320-rv325-routers-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-1653/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20190123 Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 106732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46262 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrieval (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Export (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrieval (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Export (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152260/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Configuration-Export.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152261/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Diagnostic-Data-Retrieval.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46655 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://threatpost.com/scans-cisco-routers-code-execution/141218/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1653 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-10210 (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)
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