RULE(RULE ID:324094)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2020-01-19
Rule Name: FreeSWITCH Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-19911)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: FreeSWITCH through 1.8.2, when mod_xml_rpc is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the api/system or txtapi/system (or api/bg_system or txtapi/bg_system) query string on TCP port 8080, as demonstrated by an api/system?calc URI. This can also be exploited via CSRF. Alternatively, the default password of works for the freeswitch account can sometimes be used.
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: https://github.com/iSafeBlue/freeswitch_rce/blob/master/freeswitch_rce.py
https://github.com/iSafeBlue/freeswitch_rce/blob/master/README-en.md
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://freeswitch.com/