VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11393
It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.09%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in /admin/users/update in M/Monit before 3.7.3. It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.09% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Affected
- tildeslash/monit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://mmonit.com/wiki/MMonit/Release3-7-3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46404Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://mmonit.com/wiki/MMonit/Release3-7-3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46404Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.