Rconfig
CVE-2019-16663
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to search.crud.php because the catCommand parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution. Affected products include: Rconfig.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to search.crud.php because the catCommand parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php in rConfig through 3.94 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands vi
An issue was discovered in rConfig through 3.9.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exp
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in rconfig v3.9.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PHP fi
lib/crud/userprocess.php in rConfig 3.9.x before 3.9.7 has an authentication bypass, leading to administrator account cr
rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated snippets.inc.php SQL injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.
rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated devices.inc.php SQL injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8
rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated compliancepolicyelements.inc.php SQL injection. Rated critical s
rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated compliancepolicies.inc.php SQL injection. Rated critical severit
rConfig before 3.9.5 allows command injection by sending a crafted GET request to lib/crud/search.crud.php since the nod
rConfig 3.9.6 is affected by SQL Injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable,
Insecure permission of chmod command on rConfig server 3.9.6 exists. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability
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