CVE-2019-19373

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An issue was discovered in Squiz Matrix CMS 5.5.0 prior to 5.5.0.3, 5.5.1 prior to 5.5.1.8, 5.5.2 prior to 5.5.2.4, and 5.5.3 prior to 5.5.3.3 where a user can trigger arbitrary unserialization of a PHP object from a packages/cms/page_templates/page_remote_content/page_remote_content.inc POST parameter during processing of a Remote Content page type. This unserialization can be used to trigger the inclusion of arbitrary files on the filesystem (local file inclusion), and results in remote code execution.

Published: 2019-12-11 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-19373 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.80%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-19373

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-19373

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 2026-06-15 3.65% 4.80% +1.15%
2 2025-11-21 3.84% 3.65% -0.19%
3 2025-11-18 3.84%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-19373

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-19373

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-19373

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squiz matrix >= 5.5.0.0, < 5.5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:matrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz matrix >= 5.5.1.0, < 5.5.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:matrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz matrix >= 5.5.2.0, < 5.5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:matrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz matrix >= 5.5.3.0, < 5.5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:matrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-19373

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