CVE-2018-19793 — jiacrontab 1

jiacrontab 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the crontab/task/edit?addr=localhost%3a20001 command and args parameters, as demonstrated by command=cat&args=/etc/passwd in the POST data.

01What is this vulnerability?

jiacrontab 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the crontab/task/edit?addr=localhost%3a20001 command and args parameters, as demonstrated by command=cat&args=/etc/passwd in the POST data.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-03T06:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:44:20.342Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/iwannay/jiacrontab/issues/28