CVE-2019-10179 Cross-site scripting in pki-core/pki-kra

What is CVE-2019-10179?

CVE-2019-10179 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 20 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service did not properly sanitize recovery request search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted Javascript code.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10179?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dogtagpki Dogtagpki, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10179?

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-2019-10179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux

• 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

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10179, GHSA-rwmx-694x-q86h, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10179.