CVE-2019-16198
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
- Record
CVE-2019-16198- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
- Record
CVE-2019-16198- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7010 No score
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7010- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m4c7-f7g8-qqf2
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
KSLabs KSWEB 3.93 allows ../ directory traversal, as demonstrated by the hostFile parameter.
- Record
GHSA-m4c7-f7g8-qqf2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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-2019-16198 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Kslabs Ksweb, published October 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.57%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.