THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-15766
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-15766

Ksweb vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The KSLABS KSWEB (aka ru.kslabs.ksweb) application 3.93 for Android allows authenticated remote code execution via a POST request to the AJAX handler with the configFile parameter set to the arbitrary file to be written to (and the config_text parameter set to the content of the file to be created). This can be a PHP file that is written to in the public web directory and subsequently executed. The attacker must have network connectivity to the PHP server that is running on the Android device.
Affected vendor
Kslabs
Affected product
Ksweb
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2019-10-03

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 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-15766

  • Confirm whether Kslabs Ksweb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-15766.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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