CVE-2019-25709 | CF Image Hosting Script 1.6.5 allows unauthenticated attacke… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

CF Image Hosting Script 1.6.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to download and decode the application database by accessing the imgdb.db file in the upload/data directory. Attackers can extract delete IDs stored in plaintext from the deserialized database and use them to delete all pictures via the d parameter.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2019-25709
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-04-12 12:14 UTC
Published: 2026-04-12 12:28 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-15 15:24 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-552
Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Vendor / Product: Davidtavarez / CF Image Hosting Script
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Davidtavarez	CF Image Hosting Script	—	1.6.5

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-552	cna	Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References (4)

ExploitDB-46094 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46094
Official Product Homepage https://davidtavarez.github.io/
Product Reference http://forum.codefuture.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=73141
VulnCheck Advisory: CF Image Hosting Script 1.6.5 Unauthorized Database Access https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cf-image-hosting-script-unauthorized-database-access