CVE-2019-12169

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 72.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

ATutor 2.2.4 allows Arbitrary File Upload and Directory Traversal, resulting in remote code execution via a ".." pathname in a ZIP archive to the mods/_core/languages/language_import.php (aka Import New Language) or mods/_standard/patcher/index_admin.php (aka Patcher) component.

Affected products

ATutor: from 2.2.1 through 2.2.4

References

http://incidentsecurity.com/atutor-2-2-4-language_import-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153870/ATutor-2.2.4-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158246/ATutor-2.2.4-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/fuzzlove
https://github.com/fuzzlove/ATutor-2.2.4-Language-Exploit
http://incidentsecurity.com/atutor-2-2-4-language_import-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153870/ATutor-2.2.4-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Command-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158246/ATutor-2.2.4-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/fuzzlove
https://github.com/fuzzlove/ATutor-2.2.4-Language-Exploit

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