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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-19991

VeryNginx 0.3.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the Web Application Firewall feature because there is no error handler (for get_uri_args or get_post_args) to block the API misuse described in CVE-2018-9230.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:18 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-19991

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Dec 2018, 00:29 UTC

VeryNginx 0.3.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the Web Application Firewall feature because there is no error handler (for get_uri_args or get_post_args) to block the API misuse described in CVE-2018-9230.

osv:CVE-2018-19991
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19991",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-19991",
    "summary": "VeryNginx 0.3.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the Web Application Firewall feature because there is no error handler (for get_uri_args or get_post_args) to block the API misuse described in CVE-2018-9230.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19991",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                      },
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:06.237438722Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/alexazhou/VeryNginx/issues/218"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-19991",
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381276,
  "published_at": "2018-12-10T00:29:00.2+00:00"
}