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CVE-2019-16662
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to…
Critical9.8EPSS 97.7%
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to ajaxServerSettingsChk.php because the rootUname parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 97.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ceb65fa4ca57c3cdccc1edfe2390902e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OXI5cNuwWqc6y-7BgNCfYHgFPK2cpvnu (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTpTn4-alJ8qGCEATLq-oVM6HbhE65iY/view?usp=sharing (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://rconfig.com/download (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://shells.systems/rconfig-v3-9-2-authenticated-and-unauthenticated-rce-cve-2019-16663-and-cve-2019-16662/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154999/rConfig-3.9.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155186/rConfig-3.9.2-Command-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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