What is CVE-2019-3996?

CVE-2019-3996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elog Project, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-3996?

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

Vulnerability in Elog Project

CVE-2019-3996

ELOG 3.1.4-57bea22 and below can be used as an HTTP GET request proxy when unauthenticated remote attackers send crafted HTTP POST requests.

Published 2019-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (93.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elog Project
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31
Elog — versions ELOG 3.1.4-57bea22 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-53 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3996?: CVE-2019-3996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elog Project, classified under Unintended Proxy or Intermediary (Confused Deputy). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-3996?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.