Cross-site scripting in Apache CXF - CVE-2019-17573
Published: January 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24406
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17573
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the services listing page. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Apache CXF
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite)
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17573
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Apache CXF - addressed in versions 3.2.12, 3.3.5
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite) - update to 7.8.0
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech - update to 1.1.2
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.2
Red Hat Process Automation Manager (formerly JBoss BPM Suite) - update to 7.8.0
Watson Speech to Text, Text to Speech - update to 1.1.2
IBM Cloud Application Business Insights - addressed in versions 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.2