CVE-2018-19499
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated...
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
- Record
CVE-2018-19499- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
- Record
CVE-2018-19499- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11188 No score
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11188- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2x7q-53h6-xvhj
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated...
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
- Record
GHSA-2x7q-53h6-xvhj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Vanilla before 2.5.5 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows Remote Code Execution because authenticated administrators have a reachable call to unserialize in the Gdn_Format class.
- Record
CVE-2018-19499- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19499 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Vanillaforums Vanilla, published November 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.02%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.