THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-11073
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-11073

Prtg Network Monitor vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor before 19.4.54.1506 that allows attackers to execute code due to insufficient sanitization when passing arguments to the HttpTransactionSensor.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Transaction Sensor and set specific settings when the sensor is executed.
Affected vendor
Paessler
Affected product
Prtg Network Monitor
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-03-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-11073

  • Confirm whether Paessler Prtg Network Monitor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-11073.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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