RCE in Adblockplus Adblock Plus
CVE-2019-11593
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- armin.dev/blog/2019/04/adblock-plus-code-injection/ (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- news.ycombinator.com/item (Third Party Advisory)
- adblockplus.org/releases/adblock-plus-352-for-chrome-firefox-and-opera-released (Vendor Advisory)
- gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/adblockpluschrome/issues/1 (Third Party Advisory)
- gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/adblockpluscore/issues/4 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11593?
- CVE-2019-11593 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adblockplus Adblock Plus, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-04-29.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11593?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.