CVE-2019-14537
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2019-08-07
- Fixed in1.7.4
- WeaknessCWE-843
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
YOURLS through 1.7.3 is affected by a type juggling vulnerability in the api component that can result in login bypass.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2019-08-0717:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-14537?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-14537?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
OSV · NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | < 1.7.4 | 1.7.4 | OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | ≤ 1.7.3 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
- CVE-2019-14537 Red Hat Product Security
yourls: juggling vulnerability in api component leads tp login bypass
Fix
- Update yourls/yourls to 1.7.4
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comRelease Notes
Detection
read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.09.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-843read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score6.1 %2026-11-03
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-11-03
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryCRITICAL2020-06-16
Identifiers
- EUVD-2019-0679same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-vf23-f26f-mjj9same flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2019-08-07
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-vf23-f26f-mjj9
Frequently asked questions
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-vf23-f26f-mjj9
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served
- PoC-in-GitHub · CC0-1.0
- Red Hat Product Security (CSAF and VEX) · CC-BY-4.0