CVE-2019-11447
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through...
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)
- Record
CVE-2019-11447- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)
- Record
CVE-2019-11447- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3122 No score
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)
- Record
EUVD-2019-3122- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8rcx-6793-p6gv
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through...
An issue was discovered in CutePHP CuteNews 2.1.2. An attacker can infiltrate the server through the avatar upload process in the profile area via the avatar_file field to index.php?mod=main&opt=personal. There is no effective control of $imgsize in /core/modules/dashboard.php. The header content of a file can be changed and the control can be bypassed for code execution. (An attacker can use the GIF header for this.)
- Record
GHSA-8rcx-6793-p6gv- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | CuteNews 2.1.2 - 'avatar' Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2019-04-15 |
| Exploit-DB | CuteNews 2.1.2 - Remote Code Execution | 2020-09-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | CRFSlick/CVE-2019-11447-POC | 2024-02-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | ColdFusionX/CVE-2019-11447_CuteNews-AvatarUploadRCE | 2021-03-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | capivara-research/WordPress-Path-Traversal-CVE-2019-11447 | 2026-08-22 |
| PoC in GitHub | khuntor/CVE-2019-11447-EXP | 2020-10-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | mt-code/CVE-2019-11447 | 2020-10-18 |
| PoC in GitHub | substing/CVE-2019-11447_reverse_shell_upload | 2023-12-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | thewhiteh4t/cve-2019-11447 | 2021-03-18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11447 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cutephp Cutenews, published April 22, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.