# CVE-2019-19988: An issue was discovered in Selesta Visual Access Manager (VAM) 4.15.0 through 4.29.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Selesta Visual Access Manager (VAM) 4.15.0 through 4.29. A user with valid credentials is able to create and write XML files on the filesystem via /common/vam_editXml.php in the web interface. The vulnerable PHP page checks none of these: the parameter that identifies the file name to be created, the destination path, or the extension. Thus, an attacker can manipulate the file name to create any type of file within the filesystem with arbitrary content.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.telecomitalia.com/tit/it/innovazione/cybersecurity/red-team.html
- https://www.seling.it/
- https://www.seling.it/product/vam/

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