# CVE-2019-1486: Open redirect in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

> An attacker can redirect a guest in a Visual Studio Live Share session to an arbitrary URL, potentially enabling phishing or spoofing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3xvp-fcxr-3mvq

## What is CVE-2019-1486?

CVE-2019-1486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 10 Dec 2019. 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 spoofing vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Live Share when a guest connected to a Live Share session is redirected to an arbitrary URL specified by the session host, aka 'Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability'.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1486?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio Live Share.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-1486?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-1486 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

- [CVE-2021-27068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27068/): Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-32702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32702/): Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-28262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28262/): Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-25003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25003/): Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2020-0789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-0789/): Denial of service in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-1486 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-1486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 10 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. 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-2019-1486/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1486/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1486
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1486
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1486

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