What is CVE-2019-16986?

CVE-2019-16986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fusionpbx, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-16986?

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

Path Traversal in Fusionpbx

CVE-2019-16986

In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file resources\download.php uses an unsanitized "f" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname and allows a download of it. (resources\secure_download.php is also affected.)

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th 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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Fusionpbx
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16986?: CVE-2019-16986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fusionpbx, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-16986?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.