CVE-2019-12725Zeroshell 3.9.0 is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. Specifically, this issue occurs because the web application…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 90.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Zeroshell 3.9.0 is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. Specifically, this issue occurs because the web application mishandles a few HTTP parameters. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue by injecting OS commands inside the vulnerable parameters.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Nuclei templates1 template
- Zeroshell 3.9.0 - Remote Command Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-12725.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- ZeroShell 3.9.0 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49862webapps, linuxpublished 13 May 2021Not verified
- ZeroShell 3.9.0 - 'cgi-bin/kerbynet' Remote Root Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49096webapps, linuxpublished 24 Nov 2020Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 45 days later
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Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 90.0% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- https://zeroshell.org/blog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tarlogic.com/advisories/zeroshell-rce-root.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160211/ZeroShell-3.9.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162561/ZeroShell-3.9.0-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-4316 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-12725)Record last updated .