Name: CVE-2019-14511: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-14511, CWE-306, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00754

Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade sphinxsearch	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 22, 2019
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 22, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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