{"id":"CVE-2019-11689","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11689","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:42:25.176Z","title":"When conducting license validation, exfat.cgi and exfatctl fail to properly validate server responses and pass unsanitized text to the system shell, resulting in code execution as root.","description":"An issue was discovered in ASUSTOR exFAT Driver through 1.0.0.r20. When conducting license validation, exfat.cgi and exfatctl fail to properly validate server responses and pass unsanitized text to the system shell, resulting in code execution as root.","published":"2020-03-18T15:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:13:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["asustor/exfat driver"],"epss":{"score":0.03165,"percentile":0.87934,"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 (3.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mikedamm/CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-11688.md","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.asustor.com/app_central/app_detail?id=776","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/mikedamm/CVEs/blob/master/CVE-2019-11688.md","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.asustor.com/app_central/app_detail?id=776","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11689","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."}