Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5434
CVE-2019-5434
Description
An attacker could send a specifically crafted payload to the XML-RPC invocation script and trigger the unserialize() call on the "what" parameter in the "openads.spc" RPC method. Such vulnerability could be used to perform various types of attacks, e.g. exploit serialize-related PHP vulnerabilities or PHP object injection. It is possible, although unconfirmed, that the vulnerability has been used by some attackers in order to gain access to some Revive Adserver instances and deliver malware through them to third party websites. This vulnerability was addressed in version 4.2.0.
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Affected products
3<4.2.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <4.2.0
- (no CPE)range: Fixed version v4.2.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- hackerone.com/reports/512076nvdThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/542670nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2019-001/nvdVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155559/Revive-Adserver-4.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlnvd
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