CVEs / CVE-2019-11580
CVE-2019-11580: Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Nov 2021
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 95.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center contain a remote code execution vulnerability resulting from a pdkinstall development plugin being incorrectly enabled in release builds.
Description
Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center had the pdkinstall development plugin incorrectly enabled in release builds. Attackers who can send unauthenticated or authenticated requests to a Crowd or Crowd Data Center instance can exploit this vulnerability to install arbitrary plugins, which permits remote code execution on systems running a vulnerable version of Crowd or Crowd Data Center. All versions of Crowd from version 2.1.0 before 3.0.5 (the fixed version for 3.0.x), from version 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 (the fixed version for 3.1.x), from version 3.2.0 before 3.2.8 (the fixed version for 3.2.x), from version 3.3.0 before 3.3.5 (the fixed version for 3.3.x), and from version 3.4.0 before 3.4.4 (the fixed version for 3.4.x) are affected by this vulnerability.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Atlassian Crowd | from 2.1.0, before unspecified | unspecified |
| Atlassian Crowd | from unspecified, before 3.0.5 | 3.0.5 |
| Atlassian Crowd | from 3.1.0, before unspecified | unspecified |
| Atlassian Crowd | from unspecified, before 3.1.6 | 3.1.6 |
| Atlassian Crowd | from 3.2.0, before unspecified | unspecified |
| Atlassian Crowd | from unspecified, before 3.2.8 | 3.2.8 |
| Atlassian Crowd | from 3.3.0, before unspecified | unspecified |
| Atlassian Crowd | from unspecified, before 3.3.5 | 3.3.5 |
| Atlassian Crowd | from 3.4.0, before unspecified | unspecified |
| Atlassian Crowd | from unspecified, before 3.4.4 | 3.4.4 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Nov 2021 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 3 May 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Known |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
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References
- CVE-2019-11580 on NVD
- CVE-2019-11580 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163810/Atlassian-Crowd-pdkinstall-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108637 Broken Link
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-5388 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11580 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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