{"id":"CVE-2019-19609","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-19609","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:30:37.323Z","title":"The Strapi framework before 3.0.0-beta.17.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in the Install and Uninstall Plugin components of the Admin panel, because it does not sanitize the plugin name, and attackers can inject arbitrary shell commands to be…","description":"The Strapi framework before 3.0.0-beta.17.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in the Install and Uninstall Plugin components of the Admin panel, because it does not sanitize the plugin name, and attackers can inject arbitrary shell commands to be executed by the execa function.","published":"2019-12-05T20:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:26:57.000Z","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-78"],"affected":["strapi/strapi"],"epss":{"score":0.54081,"percentile":0.99008,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2021-08-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50238,"kind":"exploit","title":"Strapi 3.0.0-beta.17.7 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50238","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/50238.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/50238.py","published":"2021-08-30","added":"2021-08-30","updated":"2021-08-30","author":"David Utón","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-19609"],"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 54.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163940/Strapi-3.0.0-beta.17.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163950/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bittherapy.net/post/strapi-framework-remote-code-execution/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/4636","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163940/Strapi-3.0.0-beta.17.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163950/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bittherapy.net/post/strapi-framework-remote-code-execution/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/4636","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19609","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."}