Quick answers
- Is CVE-2019-15953 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-15953 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2019-15953?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 24 May 2022.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Total.js CMS 12.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2019-15953?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2019-15953 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2019-15953?
- Check whether you run total4 (npm). Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an authorization bypass (CWE-862) in Total.js CMS version 12.0.0. The product implements privilege checks only in the web frontend routes but fails to enforce the same controls on API endpoints. An authenticated attacker with limited privileges can directly call API methods to access and manipulate resources owned by other users or with higher privileges. The attack requires valid authentication credentials but no additional user interaction. An attacker can achieve both vertical and horizontal privilege escalation, leading to unauthorized data access and modification.
Affected products
- Total.js CMS 12.0.0
Identifiers
- CVE-2019-15953
- GHSA-q3x9-28f7-w8rc
Timeline
- 2019-09-05: disclosed: Vulnerability disclosed via NVD and Full Disclosure mailing list
- 2022-05-24: advisory: GitHub Advisory GHSA-q3x9-28f7-w8rc published