CVE-2019-15891
An issue was discovered in CKFinder through 2.6.2.1 and 3.x through 3.5.0. The documentation has...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15891- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15891- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6802 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6802- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fgxv-jr36-jj9w
An issue was discovered in CKFinder through 2.6.2.1 and 3.x through 3.5.0. The documentation has...
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.
- Record
GHSA-fgxv-jr36-jj9w- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-15891 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cksource Ckfinder, published September 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.