What is CVE-2018-19911?

CVE-2018-19911 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeswitch, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-19911?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-19911 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Freeswitch

CVE-2018-19911

FreeSWITCH through 1.8.2, when mod_xml_rpc is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the api/system or txtapi/system (or api/bg_system or txtapi/bg_system) query string on TCP port 8080, as demonstrated by an ap…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.027 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freeswitch
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19911?: CVE-2018-19911 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeswitch, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-19911?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19911 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.