CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-9874
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) Deserialization Vulnerability — Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP)
Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) contain a deserialization vulnerability in the Sitecore.Security.AntiCSRF module that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a serialized .NET object in the HTTP POST parameter __CSRFTOKEN.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-03-26
- Remediation due
- 2025-04-16
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0334035 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9874
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the Sitecore.Security.AntiCSRF (aka anti CSRF) module in Sitecore CMS 7.0 to 7.2 and Sitecore XP 7.5 to 8.2 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a serialized .NET object in the HTTP POST parameter __CSRFTOKEN.
Affected configurations
• sitecore cms (>= 7.0 <= 7.2)
• sitecore experience platform (>= 7.5 <= 8.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads.aspx Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/blog.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/Sitecore_CSRF_deserialize_RCE.pdf Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://dev.sitecore.net/Downloads.aspx Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/blog.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/Sitecore_CSRF_deserialize_RCE.pdf Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-9874 US Government Resource