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

> An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser via stored XSS in the Token Processing Service activity page.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10178, GHSA-49c6-93gp-7jrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10178

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10178?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dogtagpki Dogtagpki.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10178?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20179/): Business logic in pki-core (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-3551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3551/): Information disclosure in pki-server (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-2414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2414/): XML external entity in Dogtag PKI (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-1080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1080/): Auth bypass in pki-core (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-15720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15720/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10178 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: The pki-core Project pki-core. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10178/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10178
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10178
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10178

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10178/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.