{"id":"CVE-2019-11073","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11073","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:04:24.437Z","title":"A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor before 19.4.54.1506 that allows attackers to execute code due to insufficient sanitization when passing arguments to the HttpTransactionSensor.exe binary.","description":"A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor before 19.4.54.1506 that allows attackers to execute code due to insufficient sanitization when passing arguments to the HttpTransactionSensor.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Transaction Sensor and set specific settings when the sensor is executed.","published":"2020-03-16T19:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:12:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-74"],"affected":["paessler/prtg network monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.06251,"percentile":0.93522,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/11/warnmeldung_cb-k19-1019.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/11/warnmeldung_cb-k19-1019.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11073","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}