What is CVE-2019-17625?

CVE-2019-17625 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rambox, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2019-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-17625?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17625 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Rambox

CVE-2019-17625

There is a stored XSS in Rambox 0.6.9 that can lead to code execution. The XSS is in the name field while adding/editing a service. The problem occurs due to incorrect sanitization of the name field when being processed and stored. This allows a user to craft a payload for Node.js and Electron, such as an exec of OS commands within the onerror attribute of an IMG element.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.030 (86.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rambox — versions 0.6.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17625?: CVE-2019-17625 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rambox, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2019-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-17625?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17625 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.