CVE-2019-11393

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions M/Monit versions prior to 3.7.3

Description An issue was discovered in the "/admin/users/update" API endpoint. It allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to an administrator by requesting a password change and specifying the admin parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.3, update to version 3.7.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/admin/users/update" API endpoint to prevent privilege escalation.