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Fencer Intel
high 7.2

CVE-2019-19609 in the critical feed json

Command Injection in strapi

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-9p2w-rmx4-9mw7 , EUVD-2021-2436

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
54.1%
EPSS 54.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Strapi framework before 3.0.0-beta.17.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in the Install and Uninstall Plugin components of the Admin panel, because it does not sanitize the plugin name, and attackers can inject arbitrary shell commands to be executed by the execa function.

Patch / fix

  • npm strapi 3.0.0-beta.17.8

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50238)

Exploit prediction

54.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50238 Strapi 3.0.0-beta.17.7 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated) webapps, 2021-08-30
  • bittherapy.net https://bittherapy.net/post/strapi-framework-remote-code-execution/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163950/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163940/Strapi-3.0.0-beta.17.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm strapi
<3.0.0-beta.17.8
3.0.0-beta.17.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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