CVE-2019-5623
Accellion File Transfer Appliance Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').
- Record
CVE-2019-5623- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Accellion File Transfer Appliance Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').
- Record
CVE-2019-5623- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15198 No score
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').
- Record
EUVD-2019-15198- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ppwj-cv8x-vq3q No score
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77:...
Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').
- Record
GHSA-ppwj-cv8x-vq3q- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5623 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Accellion File Transfer Appliance, published April 29, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.