CVE-2019-16867
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php...
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)
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
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)
- Record
CVE-2019-16867- 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
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)
- Record
CVE-2019-16867- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7376 No score
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)
- Record
EUVD-2019-7376- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mqf2-454q-xwxp
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php...
HongCMS 3.0.0 allows arbitrary file deletion via a ../ in the file parameter to admin/index.php/database/ajax?action=delete, a similar issue to CVE-2018-16774. (If the attacker deletes config.php and visits install/index.php, they can reinstall the product.)
- Record
GHSA-mqf2-454q-xwxp- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-20, 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-2019-16867 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hongcms Project Hongcms, published September 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.