Medium
Security advisory
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-16990
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In FusionPBX up to v4.5.7, the file app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php uses an unsanitized "file" variable coming from the URL, which takes any pathname (base64 encoded) and allows a download of it.
osv:CVE-2019-16990
Complete source record
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