CVE-2019-3474
A path traversal vulnerability in the web application component of Micro Focus Filr 3.x allows a remote attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to download arbitrary files from the Filr server.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 9.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
A path traversal vulnerability in the web application component of Micro Focus Filr 3.x allows a remote attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to download arbitrary files from the Filr server. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.95% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 February 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- microfocus/filr
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS 9.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~
- https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023726
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~
- https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023726
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.