CVE-2019-16391
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published...
CVE-2019-16391 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Spip, published September 17, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in spip 3.2.5-1.
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-16391- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-16391- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7139 No score
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7139- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ff33-vc6x-7mcf
6.5
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published...
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
GHSA-ff33-vc6x-7mcf- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-16391- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-16391
6.5
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16391- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-16391
6.5
SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 allows authenticated visitors to modify any published content and execute other modifications in the database. This is related to ecrire/inc/meta.php and ecrire/inc/securiser_action.php.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16391- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4536-1 No score
spip vulnerabilities
Youssouf Boulouiz discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled login error messages. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2019-16392)
Gilles Vincent discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled password reset requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SPIP to enumerate registered users. (CVE-2019-16394)
Guillaume Fahrner discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host server. (CVE-2019-11071)
Sylvain Lefevre discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled user authorization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify and publish content and modify the database. (CVE-2019-16391)
It was discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote attacker could, through cross-site scripting (XSS) and PHP injection, exploit this to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (CVE-2017-15736)
Alexis Zucca discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled the media plugin. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to write to the database. (CVE-2019-19830)
Christophe Laffont discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled redirect URLs. An attacker could use this issue to cause SPIP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-16393)
- Record
USN-4536-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
spipDebian:13 |
before 3.2.5-1 | 3.2.5-1 |
spipDebian:14 |
before 3.2.5-1 | 3.2.5-1 |
spipDebian:8 |
before 3.0.17-2+deb8u5, plus listed versions 3.0.17-23.0.17-2+deb8u13.0.17-2+deb8u23.0.17-2+deb8u33.0.17-2+deb8u4 |
3.0.17-2+deb8u5 |
spipDebian:9 |
before 3.1.4-4~deb9u3, plus listed versions 3.1.4-23.1.4-33.1.4-3~deb9u13.1.4-4~deb9u13.1.4-4~deb9u2 |
3.1.4-4~deb9u3 |
spipDebian:10 |
before 3.2.4-1+deb10u1, plus listed versions 3.2.4-1 |
3.2.4-1+deb10u1 |
spipUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0.20-13.0.21-13.0.21-1ubuntu13.0.21-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
None known |
spipUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 3.1.4-4~deb9u3build0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 3.1.4-3 |
3.1.4-4~deb9u3build0.18.04.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-CRITIQUE-de-securite-Sortie-de-SPIP-3-2-5-et-SPIP-3-1-11.html
git.spip.net/SPIP/spip/commit/187952ce85e73b52c2753f2d54fc2c44807b8f79
git.spip.net/SPIP/spip/commit/3cbc758400323ab006c00ea78eacdb8f76aa5f66
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/40
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4532
blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-CRITIQUE-de-securite-Sortie-de-SPIP-3-2-5-et-SPIP-3-1-11.html?lang=fr
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lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00038.html
usn.ubuntu.com/4536-1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16391
github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff33-vc6x-7mcf
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16391
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16391
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4536-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16391
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15736
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11071
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16392
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16393
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16394
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19830