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jc21 Nginx Proxy Manager before 2.0.13 allows %2e%2e%2f directory traversal.
NVD Status: Modified ,CVE State: published
Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2019-15517
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-15517 is rated Low Risk (34.2/100) : CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15517
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
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Date
Old EPSS score
New EPSS score
Delta (New - Old)
1
2025-03-30
0.33%
0.17%
-0.16%
2
2025-03-29
0.17%
0.33%
+0.16%
3
2025-03-17
—
0.17%
—
Full EPSS history
(8 records total)
Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-15517
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
Exploitability
Impact
Score source
5.5
3.0
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8
3.6
[email protected]
4.9
2.0
MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9
6.9
[email protected]
Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-15517
Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-15517
Vendor
Product
Version
Raw CPE
jc21
nginx_proxy_manager
< 2.0.13
cpe:2.3:a:jc21:nginx_proxy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References for CVE-2019-15517
cvelogic
Threat Intelligence