CVE-2019-15988 is a vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware
Published on November 26, 2019
Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the antispam protection mechanisms of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the URL reputation filters on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting the URL in a particular way. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the URL reputation filters that are configured for the affected device, which could allow malicious URLs to pass through the device.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-15988
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Affected Versions
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA):- Version unspecified and below n/a is affected.
Exploit Probability
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