CVE-2019-11393

CRITICAL

M/Monit <3.7.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-11393. PoCs published by Dolev Farhi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages an authentication bypass vulnerability in M/Monit by manipulating user update parameters to escalate privileges from an unprivileged user to admin. It uses a hardcoded CSRF token and a default password hash to achieve this.

Description

An issue was discovered in /admin/users/update in M/Monit before 3.7.3. It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Dolev Farhi · pythonwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46404

This exploit leverages an authentication bypass vulnerability in M/Monit by manipulating user update parameters to escalate privileges from an unprivileged user to admin. It uses a hardcoded CSRF token and a default password hash to achieve this.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: M/Monit <= 3.7.2
Auth required
Prerequisites: Default credentials (monit:monit) · Access to the M/Monit web interface
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46404
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://mmonit.com/wiki/MMonit/Release3-7-3

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0209
EPSS Percentile 79.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-640
Status published
Products (1)
tildeslash/monit < 3.7.3
Published Apr 22, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026