Cyber Resilience

CVE-2019-25487

Access Control

Public PoCAccess Control
Published
11 March 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v4 9.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.084 94th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2019-25487 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2019-25487 is a remote command execution vulnerability affecting the SAPIDO RB-1732 router on firmware version V2.0.43. The issue arises in the formSysCmd endpoint, where unauthenticated attackers can submit malicious input through POST requests containing shell commands in the sysCmd parameter, leading to arbitrary system command execution on the device.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges or user interaction required, earning it a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute code with router privileges, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device.

Advisories referenced in VulnCheck and an Exploit-DB entry (exploit 47031) describe the vulnerability and proof-of-concept exploitation details. No specific patches or mitigation guidance is detailed in the provided information.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

SAPIDO RB-1732 V2.0.43 contains a remote command execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary system commands by submitting malicious input to the formSysCmd endpoint. Attackers can send POST requests with the sysCmd parameter containing shell commands to execute…

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code on the device with router privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1059.008 Network Device CLI Execution
Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads.
Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated RCE via public-facing router web endpoint (formSysCmd) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and arbitrary shell command execution on network device (T1059.008).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Requires validation and sanitization of the sysCmd parameter input to the formSysCmd endpoint, directly preventing arbitrary command injection and execution.

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations, requiring authentication before access to the formSysCmd endpoint and blocking unauthenticated remote attackers.

prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific command execution flaw in the router firmware, eliminating the vulnerability.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect missing authorization checks but does not prevent the weakness in production.

prevents

Information access restriction explicitly enforces that users may only retrieve data they are authorized to see, directly addressing user-controlled key bypass.

prevents

Access control policy directly requires enforcement of authorization rules that prevent unauthorized access via manipulated keys.

prevents

Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.

mitigates

Privileged access rights control restricts what data each user may access, mitigating direct object reference attacks.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes authorization design but does not itself implement runtime access checks.

References