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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16985

In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\xml_cdr\xml_cdr_delete.php uses an unsanitized "rec" variable coming from the URL, which is base64 decoded and allows deletion of any file of the system.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16985

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2019, 16:15 UTC

In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\xml_cdr\xml_cdr_delete.php uses an unsanitized "rec" variable coming from the URL, which is base64 decoded and allows deletion of any file of the system.

osv:CVE-2019-16985
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16985",
  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "CVE-2019-16985",
    "summary": "In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app\\xml_cdr\\xml_cdr_delete.php uses an unsanitized \"rec\" variable coming from the URL, which is base64 decoded and allows deletion of any file of the system.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16985",
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                {
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                {
                  "fixed": "284b0a91968f126fd6be0a486a84e065926905ca"
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16985.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:48.314100252Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://resp3ctblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/fusionpbx-path-traversal-1/",
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      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382185,
  "published_at": "2019-10-21T16:15:18.057+00:00"
}