CVE-2019-16915
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2019 at 05:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorpfSense
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/2c544ac61ce98f716d50b8e5961d7dfba66804b5x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9610x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-98024CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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