CVE-2019-10178 Cross-site scripting in pki-core

What is CVE-2019-10178?

CVE-2019-10178 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in The pki-core Project pki-core, published on 18 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

It was found that the Token Processing Service (TPS) did not properly sanitize the Token IDs from the "Activity" page, enabling a Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could trick an authenticated victim into creating a specially crafted activity, which would execute arbitrary JavaScript code when viewed in a browser. All versions of pki-core are believed to be vulnerable.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10178?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dogtagpki Dogtagpki.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10178?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2019-10178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in The pki-core Project pki-core

• CVE-2021-20179 Business logic in pki-core High 8.1
• CVE-2021-3551 Information disclosure in pki-server High 7.8
• CVE-2022-2414 XML external entity in Dogtag PKI High 7.5
• CVE-2018-1080 Auth bypass in pki-core High 7.5
• CVE-2020-15720 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10178, GHSA-49c6-93gp-7jrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10178.