# CVE-2019-16025: Cisco Emergency Responder Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Cisco Emergency Responder web interface, allowing code execution or data theft in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h52m-3w75-qf28

## What is CVE-2019-16025?

CVE-2019-16025 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, published on 23 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of some parameters that are passed to the web server of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a malicious link or by intercepting a user request for the affected web interface and injecting malicious code into that request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected web-based management interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16025?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Emergency Responder.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-16025?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-16025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Emergency Responder

- [CVE-2008-1154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1154/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-20101](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20101/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-12337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12337/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Voice Operating System (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-6468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6468/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Emergency Responder (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-20259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20259/): Denial of service in Cisco Emergency Responder (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-16025 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-16025 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, published on 23 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Emergency Responder. 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-2019-16025/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16025/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16025
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16025
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16025

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