CVE-2019-15517

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15517 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting jc21 Nginx Proxy Manager versions prior to 2.0.13, allowing attackers to access arbitrary files using %2e%2e%2f sequences. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to achieve high confidentiality impact (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 2.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:jc21:nginx_proxy_manager::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.73%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

50.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

View patch

References

github.com / jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/compare/2.0.12...2.0.13

Third Party Advisory

github.com / jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/pull/114

PatchThird Party Advisory