CVE-2019-12791
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.065 · 94 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
6.50% (94th) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A directory traversal vulnerability in the v-list-user script in Vesta Control Panel 0.9.8-24 allows remote attackers to escalate from regular registered users to root via the password reset form.
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9.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cardaci.xyz/advisories/2019/08/12/vesta-control-panel-0.9.8-24-privilege-escalation-in-the-password-reset-form/cnnvd
- https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/commit/bb44f4197b4e5de219bc00197f89517c7e92bc2aPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1921cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12791cnnvd
- https://cardaci.xyz/advisories/2019/08/12/vesta-control-panel-0.9.8-24-privilege-escalation-in-the-password-reset-form/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1921enisa_euvd
- https://cardaci.xyz/advisories/2019/08/12/vesta-control-panel-0.9.8-24-privilege-escalation-in-the-password-reset-form/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/serghey-rodin/vesta/issues/1921Third Party Advisorynvd
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