CVE-2019-7216
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that...
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that allows a malicious user to upload any type of file by using % characters within the extension, e.g., file.%ph%p becomes file.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that allows a malicious user to upload any type of file by using % characters within the extension, e.g., file.%ph%p becomes file.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-7216- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that allows a malicious user to upload any type of file by using % characters within the extension, e.g., file.%ph%p becomes file.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-7216- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16760 No score
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that allows a malicious user to upload any type of file by using % characters within the extension, e.g., file.%ph%p becomes file.php.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16760- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8m6-c4cr-j44r
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that...
An issue was discovered in FileChucker 4.99e-free-e02. filechucker.cgi has a filter bypass that allows a malicious user to upload any type of file by using % characters within the extension, e.g., file.%ph%p becomes file.php.
- Record
GHSA-c8m6-c4cr-j44r- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Ekultek/CVE-2019-7216 | 2019-01-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-7216 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Encodable Filechucker, published January 31, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.