What is CVE-2019-17073?

CVE-2019-17073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-17073?

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

Path Traversal in Emlog

CVE-2019-17073

emlog through 6.0.0beta allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files via admin/template.php?action=del&tpl=../ directory traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-10-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Emlog — versions 6.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/emlog/emlog/issues/49 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17073?: CVE-2019-17073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emlog, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-17073?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.