# CVE-2019-11580

Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center had the pdkinstall development plugin incorrectly enabled in release builds. Attackers who can send unauthenticated or authenticated requests to a Crowd or Crowd Data Center instance can exploit this vulnerability to install arbitrary plugins, which permits remote code execution on systems running a vulnerable version of Crowd or Crowd Data Center. All versions of Crowd from version 2.1.0 before 3.0.5 (the fixed version for 3.0.x), from version 3.1.0 before 3.1.6 (the fixed version for 3.1.x), from version 3.2.0 before 3.2.8 (the fixed version for 3.2.x), from version 3.3.0 before 3.3.5 (the fixed version for 3.3.x), and from version 3.4.0 before 3.4.4 (the fixed version for 3.4.x) are affected by this vulnerability.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2019-11580
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 95.36% (percentile 99.9)
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module · 2 GitHub proofs of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2019-07-17)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Published: 2019-06-03

## Affected versions

- Atlassian Crowd: affected >= 2.1.0 and < unspecified; < 3.0.5; >= 3.1.0 and < unspecified; < 3.1.6; >= 3.2.0 and < unspecified; < 3.2.8; >= 3.3.0 and < unspecified; < 3.3.5; >= 3.4.0 and < unspecified; < 3.4.4

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-5388
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108637
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163810/Atlassian-Crowd-pdkinstall-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11580

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