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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2019-13956 json

Discuz!ML 3.2 through 3.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a modified language cookie, as demonstrated by changing…

published 2019-07-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5223

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Discuz!ML 3.2 through 3.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a modified language cookie, as demonstrated by changing 4gH4_0df5_language=en to 4gH4_0df5_language=en'.phpinfo().'; (if the random prefix 4gH4_0df5_ were used).

Exploit prediction

4.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • esoln.net http://esoln.net/esoln/blog/2019/06/14/discuzml-v-3-x-code-injection-vulnerability/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

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.