What is CVE-2019-13957?

CVE-2019-13957 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Umbraco, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-13957?

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

SQL Injection in Umbraco

CVE-2019-13957

In Umbraco 7.3.8, there is SQL Injection in the backoffice/PageWApprove/PageWApproveApi/GetInpectSearch method via the nodeName parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2019-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Umbraco — versions 7.3.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

our.umbraco.com/download/releases/738/ (Vendor Advisory)
gist.github.com/shiham101/d1de44d1dcf2c33d401ef2f8cbb04f9f (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13957?: CVE-2019-13957 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Umbraco, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-13957?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.