CVE-2019-18371 (GCVE-0-2019-18371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-23 20:02 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:54
VLAI Previdian
Summary
An issue was discovered on Xiaomi Mi WiFi R3G devices before 2.28.23-stable. There is a directory traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files via a misconfigured NGINX alias, as demonstrated by api-third-party/download/extdisks../etc/config/account. With this vulnerability, the attacker can bypass authentication.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 45d8a35e-1b34-4a1f-9be9-c2c0c9928458

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2019-18371

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-07-25 02:00 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-07-25
Asserted: 2025-07-25
Scope
Notes: An issue was discovered on Xiaomi Mi WiFi R3G devices before 2.28.23-stable. There is a directory traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files... | Affected: Xiaomi / Mi WiFi R3G | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.55872 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title An issue was discovered on Xiaomi Mi WiFi R3G devices before 2.28.23-stable. There is a directory traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files...
Cve Id CVE-2019-18371
Vendor Xiaomi
Ghsa Id None
Product Mi WiFi R3G
Added Date 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 7.5
Epss Score 0.55872
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity HIGH
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.99017
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2019-18371
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST
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