What is CVE-2019-14253?

CVE-2019-14253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Publisure, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-14253?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Publisure

CVE-2019-14253

An issue was discovered in servletcontroller in the secure portal in Publisure 2.1.2. One can bypass authentication and perform a query on PHP forms within the /AdminDir folder that should be restricted.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2019-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Publisure — versions 2.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

github.com/kmkz/exploit/blob/master/PUBLISURE-EXPLOIT-CHAIN-ADVISORY.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14253?: CVE-2019-14253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Publisure, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-14253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.