What is CVE-2019-7178?

CVE-2019-7178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pexip Infinity, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-7178?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Pexip Infinity

CVE-2019-7178

Pexip Infinity before 20.1 allows privilege escalation by restoring a system backup.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pexip Infinity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

docs.pexip.com/admin/release_notes.htm (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
docs.pexip.com/admin/security_bulletins.htm (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7178?: CVE-2019-7178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pexip Infinity, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-7178?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.