CVE-2019-16685 Dolibarr stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-16685?

CVE-2019-16685 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm, published on 27 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Dolibarr 9.0.5 has stored XSS vulnerability via a User Group Description section to card.php. A user with the "Create/modify other users, groups and permissions" privilege can inject script and can also achieve privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16685?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including dolibarr/dolibarr. It affects 1 product.

Products include Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2019-16685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm

• CVE-2022-43138 Dolibarr vulnerable to privilege escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40871 Dolibarr vulnerable to Eval Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-33816 Dolibarr remote PHP code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7995 Dolibarr Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-2091 SQL injection in dolibarr Critical 9.8

All Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-fvxr-767j-f28v, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16685.