CVE-2019-11193

Exp

The FileManager in InfinitumIT DirectAdmin through v1.561 has XSS via CMD_FILE_MANAGER, CMD_SHOW_USER, and CMD_SHOW_RESELLER; an attacker can bypass the CSRF protection with this, and take over the administration panel.

Published: 2019-04-30 Last update: 2025-12-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-11193 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-11193

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
46694 exploit_db edb 2019-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11193

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-18 1.41% 1.23% -0.18%
2 2026-03-31 1.49% 1.41% -0.08%
3 2025-12-28 1.49%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11193

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11193

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11193

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
directadmin directadmin <= 1.561 cpe:2.3:a:directadmin:directadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11193

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152494/DirectAdmin-1.561-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://numanozdemir.com/respdisc/directadmin.pdf Exploit Third Party Advisory Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46694 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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