What is CVE-2019-5029?

CVE-2019-5029 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exhibitor, 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.

RCE in Exhibitor

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…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.884 (99.5th 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

N/a Exhibitor — versions Tested version was compiled using the standalone pom.xml from the Exhibitor master branch

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0790 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5029?: CVE-2019-5029 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Exhibitor, 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.