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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16991

In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\edit\filedelete.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which is reflected in HTML, leading to XSS.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16991

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2019, 16:15 UTC

In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\edit\filedelete.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which is reflected in HTML, leading to XSS.

osv:CVE-2019-16991
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16991",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16991",
    "summary": "In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\\edit\\filedelete.php uses an unsanitized \"file\" variable coming from the URL, which is reflected in HTML, leading to XSS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16991",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "cd4632b46c62855f7e1c1c93d20ffd64edcb476e"
                }
              ],
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16991.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:48.140602146Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://resp3ctblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/fusionpbx-xss-20/",
        "https://github.com/fusionpbx/fusionpbx/commit/cd4632b46c62855f7e1c1c93d20ffd64edcb476e"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:fusionpbx:fusionpbx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
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                  }
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              }
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                  }
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              }
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          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-16991",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382181,
  "published_at": "2019-10-21T16:15:18.413+00:00"
}