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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-5029 in the critical feed json

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the Config editor of the Exhibitor Web UI versions 1.0.9 to 1.7.1.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14636

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
57.2%
EPSS 57.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the Config editor of the Exhibitor Web UI versions 1.0.9 to 1.7.1. Arbitrary shell commands surrounded by backticks or $() can be inserted into the editor and will be executed by the Exhibitor process when it launches ZooKeeper. An attacker can execute any command as the user running the Exhibitor process.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48654)

Exploit prediction

57.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48654 Exhibitor Web UI 1.7.1 - Remote Code Execution webapps, 2020-07-07
  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0790 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Exhibitor

Classification

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

References

Sources

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