An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition 5.2 201707.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition 5.2 201707. By leveraging multiple components in the Alfresco Software applications, an exploit chain was observed that allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the victim machine. The attacker must upload malicious Solr configuration files and then receive a JMX connection from the victim, and serve a Java object that results in deserialization and code execution.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14224
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-whfv-2c4g-wx2g
References
More Alfresco vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-10584 An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition versions 6.0 and lower. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-11666 The Alfresco application before 1.8.7 for Android allows SQL injection in HistorySearchProvider.java. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10585 An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition versions below 5.2.6, 6.0.N and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2014-07546 Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the proxy servlet in Alfresco… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2014-07545 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the cmisbrowser servlet in Content… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2020-07038 Alfresco Enterprise before 5.2.7 and Alfresco Community before 6.2.0 (rb65251d6-b368) has… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2019-14224 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-14224 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-whfv-2c4g-wx2g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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