CVE-2019-11881

MEDIUMNVD 4.74.7
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
4.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability exists in Rancher before 2.2.4 in the login component, where the errorMsg parameter can be tampered to display arbitrary content, filtering tags but not special characters or symbols. There's no other limitation of the message, allowing malicious users to lure legitimate users to visit phishing sites with scare tactics, e.g., displaying a "This version of Rancher is outdated, please visit https://malicious.rancher.site/upgrading" message.

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
4.7(medium)
EPSS
80.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 10, 2019

Last Modified

December 4, 2024

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
gogithub.com/rancher/rancherghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/rancher/rancher

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-06 02:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-03 09:56 UTCOSV refresh
  8. 2026-07-02 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-30 23:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-15 00:13 UTCOSV refresh
  10. 2026-06-14 23:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-06-13 22:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-12 23:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-10 22:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-10 13:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-08 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-07 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-05 22:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-06-05 06:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-06-04 13:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-06-02 20:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-05-31 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  35. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  37. 2026-05-29 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-05-27 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-05-27 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-05-26 12:15 UTCOSV refresh
  45. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCMauroEldritch/VanCleef
    First seen May 24, 2019

    Exploit for CVE-2019-11881 (Rancher 2.1.4 Web Parameter Tampering)

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-11881?
CVE-2019-11881 is a medium vulnerability published on June 10, 2019. A vulnerability exists in Rancher before 2.2.4 in the login component, where the errorMsg parameter can be tampered to display arbitrary content, filtering tags but not special characters or symbols. There's no other limitation of the message, allowing malicious users to lure legitimate users to…
When was CVE-2019-11881 disclosed?
CVE-2019-11881 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 10, 2019, with the most recent update on December 4, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-11881 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-11881 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 80.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-11881?
CVE-2019-11881 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-11881?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-11881, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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