THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-12791
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-12791

Control Panel vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
6.5%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
A directory traversal vulnerability in the v-list-user script in Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-24 allows remote attackers to escalate from regular registered users to root via the password reset form.
Affected vendor
Vestacp
Affected product
Control Panel
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-08-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-12791

  • Confirm whether Vestacp Control Panel is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-12791.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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