Medium severity · published Sep 26, 2019
CVE-2019-15891
An issue was discovered in CKFinder through 2.6.2.1 and 3.x through 3.5.0
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in CKFinder through 2.6.2.1 and 3.x through 3.5.0. The documentation has misleading information that could lead to a conclusion that the application has a built-in bulletproof content sniffing protection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CK
Ckfinder · Cksource
through 2.6.2.1; 3.0 through 3.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15891
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15891
Third Party Advisory
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKFinder-3.5.1-and-CKFinder-2.6.3-released/
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