CVE-2019-15954

CRITICALNVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.9
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 79%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 79%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side. In the process of evaluating the tag by the back-end, it is possible to escape the sandbox object by using the following payload: global.process.mainModule.require(child_process).exec(RCE);

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(medium)
EG Risk
81(Track*)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation79% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS
99.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 5, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Full Disclosure: Totaljs CMS Authenticated Code injection on widget creation

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/5
generic

CVE/Totaljs_disclosure_report/report_final.pdf at master · beerpwn/CVE · GitHub

https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/Totaljs_disclosure_report/report_final.pdf

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
npmtotal4—ghsa

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)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
total412.0.0——

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 21× 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. 2026-07-23 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

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

  • Exploit-DBEDB-47531✓ verified
    First seen Oct 22, 2019

    Total.js CMS 12 - Widget JavaScript Code Injection (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/http/totaljs_cms_widget_exec✓ verified
    First seen Aug 30, 2019

    Total.js CMS 12 Widget JavaScript Code Injection

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-15954?
CVE-2019-15954 is a critical vulnerability published on September 5, 2019. An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. An authenticated user with the widgets privilege can gain achieve Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the remote server by creating a malicious widget with a special tag containing JavaScript code that will be evaluated server side. In the process of…
When was CVE-2019-15954 disclosed?
CVE-2019-15954 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 5, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-15954 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-15954 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-15954?
CVE-2019-15954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-15954?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-15954, 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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