CVE-2019-16662An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 97.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to ajaxServerSettingsChk.php because the rootUname parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- rConfig install Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/rconfig_install_cmd_execRank excellentdisclosed 28 Oct 2019
Nuclei templates1 template
- rConfig 3.9.2 - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-16662.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- rConfig - install Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47602remote, linuxpublished 8 Nov 2019Verified
- rConfig 3.9.2 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47555webapps, phppublished 29 Oct 2019Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 37 days later
· 37 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 | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 97.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ceb65fa4ca57c3cdccc1edfe2390902e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OXI5cNuwWqc6y-7BgNCfYHgFPK2cpvnu (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTpTn4-alJ8qGCEATLq-oVM6HbhE65iY/view?usp=sharing (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://rconfig.com/download (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://shells.systems/rconfig-v3-9-2-authenticated-and-unauthenticated-rce-cve-2019-16663-and-cve-2019-16662/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154999/rConfig-3.9.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155186/rConfig-3.9.2-Command-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2019-7227 (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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