What is CVE-2019-9002?

CVE-2019-9002 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pixeline Bugs, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-9002?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Pixeline Bugs

CVE-2019-9002

An issue was discovered in Tiny Issue 1.3.1 and pixeline Bugs through 1.3.2c. install/config-setup.php allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the database_host parameter if the installer remains present in its original directory after installation is completed.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2019-02-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pixeline Bugs
Tiny Issue Project — versions 1.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

github.com/mikelbring/tinyissue/issues/237 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/pixeline/bugs/commit/9d2d3fcdea22e94f7b497f6ed83791ab3a31ee41 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9002?: CVE-2019-9002 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pixeline Bugs, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-9002?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.