What is CVE-2019-11393?

CVE-2019-11393 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tildeslash Monit, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-11393?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tildeslash Monit

CVE-2019-11393

An issue was discovered in /admin/users/update in M/Monit before 3.7.3. It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.

Published 2019-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tildeslash Monit

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46404 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
mmonit.com/wiki/MMonit/Release3-7-3 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11393?: CVE-2019-11393 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tildeslash Monit, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-11393?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.