CVE-2019-16394 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Spip

CVE-2019-16394 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 56.73%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-01-21	50.49%	56.73%	+6.24%
2	2025-12-28	39.37%	50.49%	+11.13%
3	2025-12-27	—	39.37%	—

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2026-01-21

50.49%

56.73%

+6.24%

2025-12-28

39.37%

50.49%

+11.13%

2025-12-27

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39.37%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: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:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	3.9	1.4	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: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:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

3.9

1.4

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-16394

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2019-16394 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spip), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16394
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2019-16394 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (spip), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1, needed 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16394

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-16394

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
spip	spip	< 3.1.11	cpe:2.3:a:spip:spip::::::::
spip	spip	>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.5	cpe:2.3:a:spip:spip::::::::
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

References for CVE-2019-16394

URL	Tags
https://blog.spip.net/Mise-a-jour-CRITIQUE-de-securite-Sortie-de-SPIP-3-2-5-et-SPIP-3-1-11.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://core.spip.net/issues/4171	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/40	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4536-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4532	Third Party Advisory
https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117577/spip-zone	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://zone.spip.net/trac/spip-zone/changeset/117578/spip-zone	Patch Vendor Advisory

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CVE-2019-16394

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-16394

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-16394

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-16394

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-16394

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-16394

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-16394

References for CVE-2019-16394