An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2.
Priority HIGH 79CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.84696 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16663
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5j5x-jr29-33x7
References
Exploit 4
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/e7e454c7cb0dd9a139b0a43691e258a0
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XmR2MSMb3cKARFk3XxmPkwz6GhAP1JxL
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kQGmboKfwob4RwlMjnv6ER2Za1GUptOi
- https://shells.systems/rconfig-v3-9-2-authenticated-and-unauthenticated-rce-cve-2019-16663-and-cve-2019-16662/
Other 1
More Rconfig vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-08234 lib/ajaxHandlers/ajaxAddTemplate.php in rConfig through 3.94 allows remote attackers to… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-08233 An issue was discovered in rConfig through 3.9.4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12460 An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-08465 rConfig 3.9.4 and previous versions has unauthenticated compliancepolicies.inc.php SQL… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-08761 rConfig before 3.9.5 allows command injection by sending a crafted GET request to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10700 lib/crud/userprocess.php in rConfig 3.9.x before 3.9.7 has an authentication bypass… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-16663 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-16663 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5j5x-jr29-33x7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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