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CVE-2019-16662

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 97.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to ajaxServerSettingsChk.php because the rootUname parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution.

Affected products

• rconfig: 3.9.2

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154999/rConfig-3.9.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155186/rConfig-3.9.2-Command-Injection.html
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTpTn4-alJ8qGCEATLq-oVM6HbhE65iY/view?usp=sharing
• https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OXI5cNuwWqc6y-7BgNCfYHgFPK2cpvnu
• https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ceb65fa4ca57c3cdccc1edfe2390902e
• https://rconfig.com/download
• https://shells.systems/rconfig-v3-9-2-authenticated-and-unauthenticated-rce-cve-2019-16663-and-cve-2019-16662/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154999/rConfig-3.9.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155186/rConfig-3.9.2-Command-Injection.html
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTpTn4-alJ8qGCEATLq-oVM6HbhE65iY/view?usp=sharing
• https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OXI5cNuwWqc6y-7BgNCfYHgFPK2cpvnu
• https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/ceb65fa4ca57c3cdccc1edfe2390902e

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