What is CVE-2019-15078?

CVE-2019-15078 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xbornid. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-15078?

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

Is CVE-2019-15078 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Xbornid

CVE-2019-15078

An issue was discovered in a smart contract implementation for AIRDROPX BORN through 2019-05-29, an Ethereum token. The name of the constructor has a typo (wrong case: XBornID versus XBORNID) that allows an attacker to change the owner of the contract and obtain cryptocurrency for free.

Published 2020-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xbornid

Public proof-of-concept exploits

sjmini/icse2020-Solidity

References

github.com/smsecgroup/SM-VUL/tree/master/typo-vul-00 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15078?: CVE-2019-15078 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xbornid. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-15078?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15078 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.