CVE-2019-11593
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run...
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.1
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
- Record
CVE-2019-11593- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
- Record
CVE-2019-11593- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3263 No score
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3263- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cc5q-5938-jqm9
8.1
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run...
In Adblock Plus before 3.5.2, the $rewrite filter option allows filter-list maintainers to run arbitrary code in a client-side session when a web service loads a script for execution using XMLHttpRequest or Fetch, and the script origin has an open redirect.
- Record
GHSA-cc5q-5938-jqm9- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11593 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Adblockplus Adblock Plus, published April 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.49%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
armin.dev/blog/2019/04/adblock-plus-code-injection
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19666504
adblockplus.org/releases/adblock-plus-352-for-chrome-firefox-and-opera-released
gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/adblockpluschrome/issues/1
gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/adblockpluscore/issues/4
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11593
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc5q-5938-jqm9