CVE-2019-18890

A SQL injection vulnerability in Redmine through 3.2.9 and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows Redmine users to access protected information via a crafted object query.

Published: 2019-11-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-18890 is rated Moderate Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 27.97%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-18890

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 22.18% 27.97% +5.79%
2 2026-03-01 27.97% 22.18% -5.79%
3 2026-02-25 27.97%

Full EPSS history (46 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-18890

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-18890

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-18890

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-18890 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (redmine), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18890
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-18890 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (redmine), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18890

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-18890

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redmine redmine < 3.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-18890

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