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CRITICAL
CVE-2019-16915
pFense Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in pfSense through 2.4.4-p3. widgets/widgets/picture.widget.php uses the widgetkey parameter directly without sanitization (e.g., a basename call) for a pathname to file_get_contents or file_put_contents.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 26, 2019, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-16915 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16915 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netgate pfsense
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-16915.

URL Resource
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
9 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 6, 2020, 6:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-16915 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16915 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610 No Types Assigned https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024 No Types Assigned https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:2.4.4:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.38 }} 0.06%

score

0.73244

percentile

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