CVE-2019-16653 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Genius Bytes Genius Server (Genius CDDS) version 3.2.2, allowing remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges through an application plugin. This vulnerability is rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geniusbytes:genius_server:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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