CVE-2019-12161

WPO WebPageTest 19.04 allows SSRF because ValidateURL in www/runtest.php does not consider octal encoding of IP addresses (such as 0300.0250 as a replacement for 192.168).

Published: 2019-05-17 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-12161 is rated Moderate Risk (48.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12161

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 2025-03-30 0.39% 0.20% -0.19%
2 2025-03-29 0.20% 0.39% +0.19%
3 2025-03-17 0.20%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12161

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12161

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12161

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webpagetest webpagetest 19.04 cpe:2.3:a:webpagetest:webpagetest:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-12161

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1550366 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence