{"id":"CVE-2019-12816","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12816","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:57:24.901Z","title":"Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.","description":"Modules.cpp in ZNC before 1.7.4-rc1 allows remote authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code by loading a module with a crafted name.","published":"2019-06-15T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:15:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["znc/znc"],"epss":{"score":0.04052,"percentile":0.90587,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00037.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00018.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8de9e376ce531fe7f3c8b0aa4876d15b479b7311","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/znc/znc/compare/be1b6bc...d1997d6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00017.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4O24TQOB73X57GACLZVMRVUK4UKHLE5G/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHR6OD52FQAG5ZPZ42NJM2T765C3V2XC/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEESIGRNFLZUWXZPDGXAZ7JZTHYBDJ7G/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/23","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-15","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4044-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00037.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8de9e376ce531fe7f3c8b0aa4876d15b479b7311","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/znc/znc/compare/be1b6bc...d1997d6","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00017.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4O24TQOB73X57GACLZVMRVUK4UKHLE5G/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHR6OD52FQAG5ZPZ42NJM2T765C3V2XC/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEESIGRNFLZUWXZPDGXAZ7JZTHYBDJ7G/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/23","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4044-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12816","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}