PT-2019-12279 · M/Monit · M/Monit

Farhi Dolev · Published 2019-04-21 · Updated 2019-04-30 · CVE-2019-11393

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions M/Monit versions prior to 3.7.3

Description An issue was discovered in the "/admin/users/update" API endpoint. It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.3, update to version 3.7.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/admin/users/update" API endpoint to prevent privilege escalation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-640

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-11393

Affected Products

M/Monit

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46404 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11393 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11393 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mmonit.com/wiki/MMonit/Release3-7-3 · Vendor Advisory