CVE-2019-9874
Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) Deserialization Vulnerability
- Critical 9.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 26 Mar 2025
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in the Sitecore.Security.AntiCSRF (aka anti CSRF) module in Sitecore CMS 7.0 to 7.2 and Sitecore XP 7.5 to 8.2 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a serialized .NET object in the HTTP POST parameter __CSRFTOKEN.
Key facts
- Published
- 31 May 2019
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- mitre
- KEV added
- 26 Mar 2025
- KEV fix due
- 16 Apr 2025
- EPSS
- 83.736% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.694% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
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Timeline
- 31 May 2019 Published
- 26 Mar 2025 CVE-2019-9874 added to CISA KEV
- 26 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue