CVE-2019-9874 (GCVE-0-2019-9874)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-05-31 20:11
Modified
2025-07-30 01:46
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the Sitecore.Security.AntiCSRF (aka anti CSRF) module in Sitecore CMS 7.0 to 7.2 and Sitecore XP 7.5 to 8.2 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a serialized .NET object in the HTTP POST parameter __CSRFTOKEN.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads.aspxProduct, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.synacktiv.com/blog.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/Sitecore_CSRF_deserialize_RCE.pdfExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads.aspxProduct, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.synacktiv.com/blog.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/Sitecore_CSRF_deserialize_RCE.pdfExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2025-03-26

Due date: 2025-04-16

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0334035 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9874

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