What is CVE-2019-18870?

CVE-2019-18870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blaauwproducts Remote Kiln Control, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-18870?

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

Is CVE-2019-18870 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Blaauwproducts Remote Kiln Control

CVE-2019-18870

A path traversal via the iniFile parameter in excel.php in Blaauw Remote Kiln Control through v3.00r4 allows an authenticated attacker to download arbitrary files from the host machine.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-05-07 · 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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Blaauwproducts Remote Kiln Control — versions 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mynameiswillporter/resume

References

github.com/lodestone-security/CVEs/blob/master/remote_kiln_control/an_unfortuna… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18870?: CVE-2019-18870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blaauwproducts Remote Kiln Control, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-18870?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18870 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.