What is CVE-2019-15517?

CVE-2019-15517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jc21 nginx Proxy Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-15517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Jc21 nginx Proxy Manager

CVE-2019-15517

jc21 Nginx Proxy Manager before 2.0.13 allows %2e%2e%2f directory traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-08-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jc21 nginx Proxy Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/compare/2.0.12...2.0.13 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/pull/114 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15517?: CVE-2019-15517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jc21 nginx Proxy Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-15517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.