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Public proof of concept

CVE-2019-15954

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-09-05
  • WeaknessCWE-862

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side. In the process of evaluating the tag by the back-end, it is possible to escape the sandbox object by using the following payload: <script total>global.process.mainModule.require(child_process).exec(RCE);</script>

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-10-22Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-15954?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-15954?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Totaljs total.js cms
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.0= 12.0.0no fix published
total4
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-47531
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/totaljs_cms_widget_execrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-09-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-v287-9w3v-x5c5

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15954?

An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side. In the process of evaluating the tag by the back-end, it is possible to escape the sandbox object by using the following payload: <script total>global.process.mainModule.require(child_process).exec(RCE);</script>

Is CVE-2019-15954 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-15954 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 78.7% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-15954?

CVE-2019-15954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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