RCE in Exhibitor Project

CVE-2019-5029

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the Config editor of the Exhibitor Web UI versions 1.0.9 to 1.7.1. Arbitrary shell commands surrounded by backticks or $() can be inserted into the editor and will be executed by the Exhibitor process when it launches ZooKeeper. An attacker can execute any command as the user running the Exhibitor process.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

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: 0.572 (99.1th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-5029: held from 0.572 to 0.572.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.572 · newest: 0.572 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Exhibitor Project
  • Exhibitor — versions Tested version was compiled using the standalone pom.xml from the Exhibitor master branch

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5029?
CVE-2019-5029 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exhibitor Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-5029?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-5029 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.