What is CVE-2018-19499?

CVE-2018-19499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vanillaforums Vanilla, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-19499?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-19499 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Vanillaforums Vanilla

CVE-2018-19499

Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.020 (78.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vanillaforums Vanilla
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19499?: CVE-2018-19499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vanillaforums Vanilla, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-19499?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19499 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.