CVE-2019-15954

critical

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>

References

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/5

https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/Totaljs_disclosure_report/report_final.pdf

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154924/Total.js-CMS-12-Widget-JavaScript-Code-Injection.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.79204