# CVE-2019-16663: An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-10-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.2. An attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to search.crud.php because the catCommand parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution.

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## References

- https://rconfig.com/download
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/e7e454c7cb0dd9a139b0a43691e258a0
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XmR2MSMb3cKARFk3XxmPkwz6GhAP1JxL
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kQGmboKfwob4RwlMjnv6ER2Za1GUptOi
- https://shells.systems/rconfig-v3-9-2-authenticated-and-unauthenticated-rce-cve-2019-16663-and-cve-2019-16662/
- https://github.com/mhaskar/CVE-2019-16663

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