Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Vanilla - CVE-2018-19499
Published: November 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16042
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19499
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure deserialization in the Gdn_Format class. A remote authenticated administrator can inject and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Vanilla
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19499
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vanilla - addressed in versions 2.5.5, 2.6.2