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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-19576 in the critical feed json

Remote code execution in verot/class.upload.php

published 6y ago modified 3mo ago also GHSA-r5gm-4p5w-pq2p , EUVD-2020-0275

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.4%
EPSS 26.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

class.upload.php in verot.net class.upload before 1.0.3 and 2.x before 2.0.4, as used in the K2 extension for Joomla! and other products, omits .phar from the set of dangerous file extensions.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47749)

Exploit prediction

26.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47749 Verot 2.0.3 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2019-12-06
  • github.com https://github.com/jra89/CVE-2019-19576 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155577/Verot-2.0.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist verot/class.upload.php
<1.0.3
>=2.0.0, <2.0.4
1.0.3
2.0.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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