# CVE-2019-15108: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WSO2 API Manager allows attackers to execute scripts via crafted filenames in the event simulator.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:R`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w2xf-p9v3-9fg8

## What is CVE-2019-15108?

CVE-2019-15108 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 16 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0 before WSO2-CARBON-PATCH-4.4.0-4457. There is XSS via a crafted filename to the file-upload feature of the event simulator component.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15108?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wso2 Api Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15108?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15108 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15108 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wso2 Api Manager

- [CVE-2022-29464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29464/): WSO2 Multiple Products Unrestrictive Upload of File (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-6914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6914/): Incorrect Authorization in Multiple WSO2 Products via Account Recovery SOAP Admin Service Leading to Account Takeover (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-13226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13226/): WSO2 API Manager vulnerable to SSRF (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2905/): An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Multiple WSO2 Products (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-42646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42646/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15108 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15108 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 16 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wso2 Api Manager. 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-2019-15108/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15108/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15108
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15108
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15108

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.