CVE-2019-1653: Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor

Cisco

Product

Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers

Added to the catalog

2021-11-03

Due date for US federal agencies

2022-05-03

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers contain improper access controls for URLs. Exploitation could allow an attacker to download the router configuration or detailed diagnostic information.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1653

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2019-01-24T16:29:00.317

Last modified

2026-06-17T02:28:58.090

Weaknesses

CWE-284, NVD-CWE-noinfo

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.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152260/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Configuration-Export.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152261/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Diagnostic-Data-Retrieval.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/59 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/60 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106732 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://badpackets.net/over-9000-cisco-rv320-rv325-routers-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-1653/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/53 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/54 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://threatpost.com/scans-cisco-routers-code-execution/141218/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-rv-info (Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46262/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46655/ (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0RQJDlGbY (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/ (Third Party Advisory)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152260/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Configuration-Export.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152261/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Diagnostic-Data-Retrieval.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/59 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/60 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106732 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://badpackets.net/over-9000-cisco-rv320-rv325-routers-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-1653/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/53 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/54 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://threatpost.com/scans-cisco-routers-code-execution/141218/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-rv-info (Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46262/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46655/ (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0RQJDlGbY (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1653 (US Government Resource)

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:41:43.468Z under licence nvd-api-terms-of-use@ff2a5288 from https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2019-1653

CVE record

Title (CNA)

Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Assigner

cisco

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2019-01-24T16:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-21T23:45:43.980Z

Problem types

CWE-284

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.

References

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0RQJDlGbY
• https://badpackets.net/over-9000-cisco-rv320-rv325-routers-vulnerable-to-cve-2019-1653/
• 20190123 Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Information Disclosure Vulnerability
• 106732
• 46262
• 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrieval
• 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Export
• 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-004] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Diagnostic Data Retrieval
• 20190327 [RT-SA-2019-003] Cisco RV320 Unauthenticated Configuration Export
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152260/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Configuration-Export.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152261/Cisco-RV320-Unauthenticated-Diagnostic-Data-Retrieval.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152305/Cisco-RV320-RV325-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• 46655
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-going-after-cisco-rv320rv325-routers-using-a-new-exploit/
• https://threatpost.com/scans-cisco-routers-code-execution/141218/

Read on 2026-11-03T01:01:39.446Z under licence cve-terms-of-use@81bfa2f3 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2019/1xxx/CVE-2019-1653.json

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

MITRE D3FEND™ knowledge graph. © 2025 The MITRE Corporation.
"The MITRE Corporation (MITRE) hereby grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use D3FEND for research, development, and commercial purposes. Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy." Terms: https://d3fend.mitre.org/tou/