CVE-2019-16990
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file...
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
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
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Record
CVE-2019-16990- 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
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Record
CVE-2019-16990- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7467 No score
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7467- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-33r6-wr5p-6jqw
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file...
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Record
GHSA-33r6-wr5p-6jqw- 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
OSV
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Record
CVE-2019-16990- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16990 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Fusionpbx, published October 21, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/fusionpbx/fusionpbx/commit/95ed18aa9d781f232f5686a9027bb6f677c9b8da
resp3ctblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/fusionpbx-path-traversal-3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16990
fusionpbx.com/app/tickets/ticket_edit.php?id=a578cdc5-f275-4656-837b-25fd640925ec