CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-9875
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 authenticated 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=KB0038556 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9875
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2019-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the anti CSRF module in Sitecore through 9.1 allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a serialized .NET object in an HTTP POST parameter.
Affected configurations
• sitecore cms (<= 9.1)
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-2019-9875 US Government Resource