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Remote Code Execution

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Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

How It Works

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access. Unlike a single vulnerability class, RCE is an outcome—the catastrophic result of exploiting underlying weaknesses in how applications process input, manage memory, or handle executable content.

Attackers typically achieve RCE by chaining vulnerabilities or exploiting a single critical flaw. Common pathways include injecting malicious payloads through deserialization flaws (where untrusted data becomes executable objects), command injection (where user input flows into system commands), buffer overflows (overwriting memory to hijack execution flow), or unsafe file uploads (placing executable code on the server). Server-Side Template Injection and SQL injection can also escalate to code execution when attackers leverage database or template engine features.

The attack flow usually begins with reconnaissance to identify vulnerable endpoints, followed by crafting a payload that exploits the specific weakness, then executing commands to establish persistence or pivot deeper into the network. Modern exploits often use multi-stage payloads—initial lightweight code that downloads and executes more sophisticated tooling.

Impact

  • Complete system compromise — attacker gains shell access with application privileges, potentially escalating to root/SYSTEM
  • Data exfiltration — unrestricted access to databases, configuration files, credentials, and sensitive business data
  • Lateral movement — compromised server becomes a beachhead to attack internal networks and other systems
  • Ransomware deployment — direct pathway to encrypt files and disable backups
  • Persistence mechanisms — installation of backdoors, web shells, and rootkits for long-term access
  • Supply chain attacks — modification of application code or dependencies to compromise downstream users

Real-World Examples

The n8n workflow automation platform (CVE-2024-21858) demonstrated how RCE can emerge in unexpected places-attackers exploited unsafe workflow execution to run arbitrary code on self-hosted instances. The Log4j vulnerability (Log4Shell) showed RCE at massive scale when attackers sent specially crafted JNDI lookup strings that triggered remote class loading in Java applications worldwide.

Atlassian Confluence instances have faced multiple RCE vulnerabilities through OGNL injection flaws, where attackers inject Object-Graph Navigation Language expressions that execute with server privileges. These required no authentication, enabling attackers to compromise thousands of internet-exposed instances within hours of disclosure.

Mitigation

  • Input validation and sanitization — strict allowlists for all user-controlled data, especially in execution contexts
  • Sandboxing and containerization — isolate application processes with minimal privileges using containers, VMs, or security contexts
  • Disable dangerous functions — remove or restrict features like code evaluation, system command execution, and dynamic deserialization
  • Network segmentation — limit blast radius by isolating sensitive systems and restricting outbound connections
  • Web Application Firewalls — detect and block common RCE patterns in HTTP traffic
  • Runtime application self-protection (RASP) — monitor application behavior for execution anomalies
  • Regular patching — prioritize updates for components with known RCE vulnerabilities

Recent CVEs (35496)

EPSS 74% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1.53 and earlier in src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/scriptsecurity/sandbox/groovy/GroovySandbox.java,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Java Jenkins +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 24% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Webmin 1.900 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the "Java file manager" and "Upload and Download" privileges to upload a crafted .cgi file via the /updown/upload.cgi URI. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Java +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 96% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router, and Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router could allow. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Cisco +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 97% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

ThinkPHP before 3.2.4, as used in Open Source BMS v1.1.1 and other products, allows Remote Command Execution via. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Thinkphp +3
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 92% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Some field types do not properly sanitize data from non-form sources in Drupal 8.5.x before 8.5.11 and Drupal 8.6.x before 8.6.10. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

PHP RCE Deserialization +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 83% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

WordPress before 4.9.9 and 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote code execution because an _wp_attached_file Post Meta entry can be changed to an arbitrary string, such as one ending with a .jpg?file.php. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP WordPress RCE +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 19% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1.50 and earlier in src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/scriptsecurity/sandbox/groovy/SecureGroovyScript.java that allows. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Java Jenkins +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 82% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Pipeline: Declarative Plugin 1.3.3 and earlier in. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Jenkins Red Hat +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 86% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Pipeline: Groovy Plugin 2.61 and earlier in src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsFlowDefinition.java,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Java Jenkins +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 98% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A sandbox bypass vulnerability exists in Script Security Plugin 1.49 and earlier in src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/scriptsecurity/sandbox/groovy/GroovySandbox.java that allows attackers with the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Java Jenkins +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 53% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input, aka "MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Command Injection Microsoft +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in NoneCms V1.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Nonecms +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 34% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Chrome +9
NVD
EPSS 98% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153 and earlier, LTS 2.138.3 and earlier in stapler/core/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/stapler/MetaClass.java that. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Java Deserialization +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 61% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

NUUO CMS All versions 3.3 and prior the web server application allows injection of arbitrary SQL characters, which can be used to inject SQL into an executing statement and allow arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE SQLi Nuuo Cms +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 15% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

NUUO CMS All versions 3.3 and prior the application allows the upload of arbitrary files that can modify or overwrite configuration files to the server, which could allow remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Nuuo Cms +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 85% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

Incorrect side effect annotation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.64 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Chrome Google +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Java Code Injection +3
NVD
EPSS 12% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

In Octopus Deploy 2018.8.0 through 2018.9.x before 2018.9.1, an authenticated user with permission to modify deployment processes could upload a maliciously crafted YAML configuration, potentially. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Octopus Server Octopus
NVD GitHub
EPSS 27% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Authentication Bypass RCE Debian +12
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 97% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Debian Red Hat +13
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 79% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

An "Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type" issue with directory traversal in navigate_upload.php in Naviwebs Navigate CMS 2.8 allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

PHP RCE Path Traversal +3
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 19% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflows in Zahir Accounting Enterprise Plus 6 through build 10b allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CSV file that is accessed through the Import CSV. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Adobe File Upload +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 59% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true (either by user or a plugin like Convention Plugin) and then:. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

RCE Apache Oracle +9
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths, aka "Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Microsoft Windows 10 1703 +4
NVD
EPSS 62% CVSS 7.5
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 77% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

In Laravel Framework through 5.5.40 and 5.6.x through 5.6.29, remote code execution might occur as a result of an unserialize call on a potentially untrusted X-XSRF-TOKEN value. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Deserialization +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 99% 7.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists within multiple subsystems of Drupal 7.x and 8.x. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +2
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 41% CVSS 8.0
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

VideoLAN VLC media player 2.2.x is prone to a use after free vulnerability which an attacker can leverage to execute arbitrary code via crafted MKV files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 75% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 25% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability could allow attackers to write data beyond allocated buffer boundaries leading to code execution or crashes.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +7
NVD GitHub
EPSS 41% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Double Free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Adobe Acrobat Dc +1
NVD
EPSS 79% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Command Injection Secure Messaging Gateway +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 81% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A SQL injection vulnerability in the web administration and quarantine components of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE SQLi Secure Messaging Gateway +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 69% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Delta Industrial Automation COMMGR from Delta Electronics versions 1.08 and prior with accompanying PLC Simulators (DVPSimulator EH2, EH3, ES2, SE, SS2 and AHSIM_5x0, AHSIM_5x1) utilize a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 98% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can include (view and potentially execute) files on the server. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass RCE Phpmyadmin
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 86% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud prior to version 3.1.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in the local web UI component. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Command Injection VMware +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 54% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +10
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 63% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Deserialization Adobe +1
NVD
EPSS 63% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.1049. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Use After Free Memory Corruption +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 9.3 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

The Windows VBScript engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability in object handling that allows full system compromise through crafted web pages, exploited in the wild as a zero-day before the May 2018 patch.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +11
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 73% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in "Microsoft COM for Windows" when it fails to properly handle serialized objects, aka "Microsoft COM for Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.". Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Deserialization Microsoft +13
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 52% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

IBM Security QRadar SIEM 7.2 and 7.3 could allow a user to bypass authentication which could lead to code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Authentication Bypass RCE IBM +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 77% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Stack-based buffer overflow in Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious login request to forum.ghp. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Easy File Sharing Web Server +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 35% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

H2 1.4.197, as used in Datomic before 0.9.5697 and other products, allows remote code execution because CREATE ALIAS can execute arbitrary Java code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Java Datomic +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 96% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Spring Data Commons, versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property binder vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of special elements. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Apache Java +8
NVD VulDB
EPSS 39% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +11
NVD GitHub
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Debian Drupal +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.0
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Format String vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Multiple Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +5
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the quality of service (QoS) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 61% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Act Now

A buffer overflow was found in the MikroTik RouterOS SMB service when processing NetBIOS session request messages. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Mikrotik +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 41% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

CMS Made Simple version 2.2.5 contains a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in File Manager that can result in Allows an authenticated admin that has access to the file manager to execute code on. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE File Upload Cms Made Simple +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 79% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A remote code execution issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine Applications Manager before 13.6 (build 13640). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Command Injection Zoho +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 70% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Ftpshell +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in CloudMe before 1.11.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Sync
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 77% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Nanopool Claymore Dual Miner version 7.3 and earlier contains a remote code execution vulnerability by abusing the miner API. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Claymore Dual Miner
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 55% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN and RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Cisco +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +12
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 55% 5.1 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A buffer overflow vulnerability in NetTransport.exe in NetTransport Download Manager 2.96L and earlier could allow remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code on NAS devices via a long HTTP. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 54.6%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Nettransport Download Manager
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 77% 5.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in MediaServer.exe in ALLPlayer ALLMediaServer 0.95 and earlier that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and/or cause denial of service on. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 77.4%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 68% 5.1 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 68.5%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +4
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 92% 6.2 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Linksys WVBR0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 92.2%.

RCE Command Injection Linksys +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.4 CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Oracle Goahead +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 83% 6.0 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered on Western Digital MyCloud PR4100 2.30.172 devices. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 83.4%.

PHP Authentication Bypass RCE +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.19, 7.0.x before 7.0.19, 7.1.x before 7.1.14, and 8.0.x before 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the management. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Paloalto Pan Os +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 9.4 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution in Microsoft Office 2007-2016 via malicious documents exploiting a 17-year-old buffer overflow in the Equation Editor component (EQNEDT32.EXE). Attackers deliver weaponized Office files that execute arbitrary code when opened, requiring no macros or user interaction beyond opening the document. Confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) with EPSS score of 94.38% indicating widespread exploitation. Multiple public exploit frameworks available including Metasploit modules. Microsoft released patches in November 2017, but exploitation continues against unpatched systems across APT campaigns and commodity malware.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 6.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to submit _users documents with duplicate keys. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 94.1%.

Privilege Escalation RCE Apache +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 19% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC THREAT This Month

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 19.2%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% 5.5 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in Enalean Tuleap 9.6 and prior versions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.9%.

PHP RCE Deserialization +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 83% 5.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 uses the XslCompiledTransform class with enablescript set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with NETWORK SERVICE. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 82.6%.

RCE Ektron Content Management System Ektron
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 71% 6.9 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Chrome Google +6
NVD
EPSS 82% 5.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ayukov NFTPD 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 81.6%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Nftp
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 28% 4.1 CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Adobe Flash Player version 27.0.0.159 and earlier has a flawed bytecode verification procedure, which allows for an untrusted value to be used in the calculation of an array index. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 28.1%.

RCE Memory Corruption Adobe +6
NVD
EPSS 91% 7.3 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Web Applications, Office Web Apps Server 2010 and 2013, Word Viewer, Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016, Word Automation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Microsoft
NVD
EPSS 76% 5.2 CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

October CMS build 412 is vulnerable to PHP code execution in the file upload functionality resulting in site compromise and possibly other applications on the server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 76.2%.

PHP RCE File Upload +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV EUVD KEV THREAT Emergency

In Jboss Application Server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5.2, it was found that the doFilter method in the ReadOnlyAccessFilter of the HTTP Invoker does not restrict. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Deserialization Red Hat +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 87% 5.9 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in clients/editclient.php in PhpCollab 2.5.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 86.9%.

PHP RCE File Upload +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 12% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Emergency

The DHCP relay subsystem of Cisco IOS 12.2 through 15.6 and Cisco IOS XE Software contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain full. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 12.3%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +2
NVD
EPSS 50% 4.6 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Stack-based buffer overflows in CyberLink LabelPrint 2.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) author (inside the INFORMATION tag), (2) name (inside the INFORMATION tag), (3). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 50.2%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Labelprint +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 81% 7.4 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

The ping tool in multiple D-Link and TRENDnet devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

Authentication Bypass RCE D-Link +16
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.4 CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.1 through 2.3.x before 2.3.34 and 2.5.x before 2.5.13 uses an XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering, which can. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Apache Deserialization +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 51% 5.0 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

QNAP has patched a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the QTS Media Library in all versions prior to QTS 4.2.6 build 20170905 and QTS 4.3.3.0299 build 20170901. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 51.1%.

RCE Qnap Qts
NVD
EPSS 94% 9.4 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution in Microsoft .NET Framework versions 2.0 through 4.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious documents or applications. This vulnerability is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and carries an EPSS exploitation probability of 93.97% (100th percentile), indicating near-certain real-world targeting. Public exploit code is available from multiple sources including GitHub repositories. The attack requires local access and user interaction (opening a weaponized document), but no authentication, making it highly effective in phishing and watering hole campaigns.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 71% 5.6 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Buffer overflow in the web server service in VX Search Enterprise 10.0.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GET request. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 70.7%.

RCE Buffer Overflow Vx Search +1
NVD
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX before R2 2017 SP2 does not properly restrict user input to RadAsyncUpload, which allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file uploads or execute arbitrary. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE File Upload Ui For Asp Net Ajax +1
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 92% 7.7 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Telerik.Web.UI in Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX before R1 2017 and R2 before R2 2017 SP2 uses weak RadAsyncUpload encryption, which allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file uploads or. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Ui For Asp Net Ajax Telerik
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