{"id":"CVE-2019-12828","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12828","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:59:12.789Z","title":"Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath…","description":"An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.","published":"2019-06-14T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:15:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-19"],"affected":["ea/origin"],"epss":{"score":0.13274,"percentile":0.96367,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.11367,"percentile":0.95855},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.13274,"percentile":0.9621}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-06-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47019,"kind":"exploit","title":"EA Origin < 10.5.38 - Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47019","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/47019.txt","file":"exploits/windows/remote/47019.txt","published":"2019-06-21","added":"2019-06-21","updated":"2019-06-21","author":"Dominik Penner","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-12828"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12828","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."}