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01 Record

CVE-2019-5484

Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hackerone
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-09-13 17:30Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 19:54Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-01-04
Assigning CNA
hackerone
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f907535c1607b08433ade22db1874373094afcfb8b5f0afb606d344aff0ccd1e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/abowerFixed in >=1.8.8—

06 References