CVE-2019-16146 Gophish XSS Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-16146?

CVE-2019-16146 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Gophish through 0.8.0 allows XSS via a username.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16146?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/gophish/gophish. It affects 1 product.

Products include Getgophish Gophish.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16146?

Upgrade github.com/gophish/gophish to 0.9.0 or later.

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-2019-16146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-24707 Other in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2025-70963 Gophish is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control High 7.6
• CVE-2022-45003 Gophish vulnerable to Denial of Service via crafted payload involving autofocus High 7.5
• CVE-2020-24713 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2020-24711 Cross-site request forgery in n/a Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9h9f-9q8g-6764, GO-2023-1936.