What is CVE-2019-16867?

CVE-2019-16867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hongcms Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-16867?

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

Path Traversal in Hongcms Project

CVE-2019-16867

HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Hongcms_project Hongcms — versions 3.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16867?: CVE-2019-16867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hongcms Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-16867?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.