What is CVE-2019-5631?

CVE-2019-5631 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightappsec, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-5631?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightappsec

CVE-2019-5631

The Rapid7 InsightAppSec broker suffers from a DLL injection vulnerability in the 'prunsrv.exe' component of the product. If exploited, a local user of the system (who must already be authenticated to the operating system) can elevate their privileges with this vulnerability to the privilege level of InsightAppSec (usually, SYSTEM). This issue affects version 2019.06.24 and prior versions of the product.

Published 2019-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rapid7 Insightappsec — versions 2019.06.24

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

help.rapid7.com/insightappsec/release-notes/archive/2019/07/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5631?: CVE-2019-5631 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightappsec, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-5631?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.