Drupal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2019-003) (exploit)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122449

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP CMS that is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability.

Description

The Drupal CMS installed on the remote host is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Drupal version 8.5.11 / 8.6.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122449

File Name: drupal_CVE-2019-6340_rce.nbin

Version: 1.106

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/27/2019

Updated: 7/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:drupal:drupal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Drupal

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Drupal RESTful Web Services unserialize() RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6340

BID: 107106

Detections

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