CVE-2019-18935
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAXFrameworks
CVSS
9.8CriticalExploit odds (EPSS)99.7%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Timeline
- 9 Dec 2019Exploit code publicMetasploit
- 11 Dec 2019, 00:00 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 3 Nov 2021Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 2
- Exploit moduleTelerik UI ASP.NET AJAX RadAsyncUpload Deserialization 9 Dec 2019Metasploit
- Webapps exploitTelerik UI - Remote Code Execution via Insecure Deserialization 18 Dec 2019Exploit-DB
Listed so defenders can prioritize. Threatline links to the source and does not host exploit code.
Description
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability through RadAsyncUpload which leads to code execution on the server in the context of the w3wp.exe process.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- n/aaffected: n/aCVE List
References 10
- telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/details/allows-javascriptserializer-deserializationAdvisoryvia CVE List
- bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-federal-agency-hacked-using-old-telerik-bug-to-steal-data/Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18935Referencevia CISA KEV
- telerik.com/support/whats-new/release-historyReferencevia CVE List
- codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2019/02/telerik-revisited.htmlReferencevia CVE List
- github.com/bao7uo/RAU_cryptoReferencevia CVE List
- know.bishopfox.com/research/cve-2019-18935-remote-code-execution-in-telerik-uiReferencevia CVE List
- github.com/noperator/CVE-2019-18935Referencevia CVE List
- telerik.com/support/whats-new/aspnet-ajax/release-history/ui-for-asp-net-ajax-r1-2020-%28version-2020-1-114%29Referencevia CVE List
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-18935Referencevia CVE List