What is CVE-2019-17538?

CVE-2019-17538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jnoj Jiangnan Online Judge, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-17538?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17538 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Jnoj Jiangnan Online Judge

CVE-2019-17538

Jiangnan Online Judge (aka jnoj) 0.8.0 has Directory Traversal for file reading via the web/polygon/problem/viewfile?id=1&name=../ substring.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.115 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Jnoj Jiangnan_online_judge — versions 0.8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17538?: CVE-2019-17538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jnoj Jiangnan Online Judge, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-17538?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17538 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.