Kentico CMS up to 12.0.14 Security Header Validation Request deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Kentico CMS up to 12.0.14. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Security Header Validation. Executing a manipulation as part of Request can lead to deserialization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-10068. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Kentico CMS up to 12.0.14 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Security Header Validation. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Kentico 12.0.x before 12.0.15, 11.0.x before 11.0.48, 10.0.x before 10.0.52, and 9.x versions. Due to a failure to validate security headers, it was possible for a specially crafted request to the staging service to bypass the initial authentication and proceed to deserialize user-controlled .NET object input. This deserialization then led to unauthenticated remote code execution on the server where the Kentico instance was hosted.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2019. The weakness was released 03/26/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-10068 since 03/26/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 03/25/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 04/15/2022:

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Upgrading to version 12.0.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Attacked

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 12.0.15

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 157588
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-10068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-10068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132436
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2019 06:39
Updated: 11/06/2025 17:58
Changes: 03/27/2019 06:39 (56), 05/28/2020 20:43 (1), 08/08/2023 13:34 (5), 04/24/2024 16:07 (25), 07/17/2024 12:51 (1), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 11/06/2025 17:58 (3)
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