CVE-2019-16405

HIGH

Centreon Web , 18.10.x , 19.04.x , 19.10.x <2.8.30 <18.10.8 <19.04.5 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2019-16405. PoCs published by TheCyberGeek.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits an authenticated RCE vulnerability in Centreon by manipulating the Macros Expression's default directory to execute system commands as the Apache user. It downloads and executes a payload via curl or wget.

Description

Centreon Web before 2.8.30, 18.10.x before 18.10.8, 19.04.x before 19.04.5 and 19.10.x before 19.10.2 allows Remote Code Execution by an administrator who can modify Macro Expression location settings. CVE-2019-16405 and CVE-2019-17501 are similar to one another and may be the same.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by TheCyberGeek · rubywebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47948

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This Metasploit module exploits an authenticated RCE vulnerability in Centreon by manipulating the Macros Expression's default directory to execute system commands as the Apache user. It downloads and executes a payload via curl or wget.

Classification

Working Poc 100%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Centreon <= 18.10, 19.04

Auth required

Prerequisites: Valid Centreon credentials · Network access to the target · PHP session token

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

nomisec WORKING POC 9 stars

by TheCyberGeek · poc

https://github.com/TheCyberGeek/CVE-2019-16405.rb

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This repository contains functional exploit code for CVE-2019-16405, an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Centreon. The exploit leverages improper input validation in the Macros Expression feature to execute arbitrary commands as the Apache user.