CVE-2019-11580

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

In the wild

CISA lists this as exploited in real attacks. Treat as urgent.

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2019-04-29 00:00 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2. 2019-06-03 14:29 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
3. 2021-11-03 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
4. 2022-05-03 Remediation deadlineCISA's due date for federal agencies to fix it
5. 2026-06-17 02:13 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: yes, CISA lists it. This puts it above everything that is not.
• Exploit odds: 95.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
• It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.

Details

Published

2019-06-03 14:29 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 02:13 UTC

Added to CISA KEV

2021-11-03

Exploit probability

95.4% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Analyzed

Affected

• Atlassian Crowd < 3.0.5
• Atlassian Crowd < 3.1.6
• Atlassian Crowd < 3.2.8
• Atlassian Crowd < 3.3.5
• Atlassian Crowd < 3.4.4

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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