CVE-2018-19908 — An issue was discovered in MISP 2

An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.9x before 2.4.99. In app/Model/Event.php (the STIX 1 import code), an unescaped filename string is used to construct a shell command. This vulnerability can be abused by a malicious authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands by tweaking t

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.9x before 2.4.99. In app/Model/Event.php (the STIX 1 import code), an unescaped filename string is used to construct a shell command. This vulnerability can be abused by a malicious authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands by tweaking the original filename of the STIX import.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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

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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: 2018-12-06T16:29:00.290
• Last modified: 2026-06-22T19:23:18.580

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/211ac0737281b65e7da160f0aac52f401a94e1a3
• github.com — https://github.com/MISP/MISP/releases/tag/v2.4.99
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46401/
• github.com — https://github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/211ac0737281b65e7da160f0aac52f401a94e1a3
• github.com — https://github.com/MISP/MISP/releases/tag/v2.4.99
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46401/