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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2019-14258 json

The XML-RPC subsystem in Zenoss 2.5.3 allows XXE attacks that lead to unauthenticated information disclosure via port 9988.

published 2019-08-21 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5497

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The XML-RPC subsystem in Zenoss 2.5.3 allows XXE attacks that lead to unauthenticated information disclosure via port 9988.

Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • coalfire.com https://www.coalfire.com/The-Coalfire-Blog/August-2019/Getting-more-from-a-compliance-test referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.