What is CVE-2019-19538?

CVE-2019-19538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-19538?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx

CVE-2019-19538

In Sangoma FreePBX 13 through 15 and sysadmin (aka System Admin) 13.0.92 through 15.0.13.6 modules have a Remote Command Execution vulnerability that results in Privilege Escalation.

Published 2020-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sangoma Freepbx

References

community.freepbx.org/t/freepbx-security-vulnerability-sec-2019-00 (Broken Link)
wiki.freepbx.org/display/FOP/2019-12-03+Remote+Command+Execution (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19538?: CVE-2019-19538 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sangoma Freepbx. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-19538?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.