CVE-2019-15954
An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side. In the process of evaluating the tag by the back-end, it is possible to escape the sandbox object by using the following payload: <script total>global.process.mainModule.require(child_process).exec(RCE);</script>
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 78.69% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 October 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- totaljs/total.js cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 78.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154924/Total.js-CMS-12-Widget-JavaScript-Code-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/Totaljs_disclosure_report/report_final.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154924/Total.js-CMS-12-Widget-JavaScript-Code-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/Totaljs_disclosure_report/report_final.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.