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CVE-2019-12816Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 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 | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8de9e376ce531fe7f3c8b0aa4876d15b479b7311 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/znc/znc/compare/be1b6bc...d1997d6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20190617 [SECURITY] [DSA 4463-1] znc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190620 [SECURITY] [DLA 1830-1] znc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4044-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1775 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1859 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-154930f99b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-233d9b9a5e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-0e70ef9cbb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-4397 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-12816)Record last updated .