What is CVE-2019-14222?

CVE-2019-14222 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alfresco, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-14222?

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

Is CVE-2019-14222 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Alfresco

CVE-2019-14222

An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition versions 6.0 and lower. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could authenticate to Alfresco's Solr Web Admin Interface. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a default private key that is present in all default installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the extracted private key and bundling it into a PKCS12. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain information about the target system (e.g., OS type, system file locations, Java version, Solr version, etc.) as well as the ability to launch further attacks by leveraging the access to Alfresco's Solr Web Admin Interface.

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Alfresco
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14222?: CVE-2019-14222 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alfresco, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-14222?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14222 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.