# CVE-2019-17337: TIBCO Spotfire Server Library Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser via reflected XSS in the TIBCO Spotfire Server library component.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 17 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rf2-mpmq-65hv

## What is CVE-2019-17337?

CVE-2019-17337 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, published on 17 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

The Spotfire library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows an attacker to perform a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: version 10.6.0 and TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 7.11.7 and below, versions 7.12.0, 7.13.0, 7.14.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, and 10.3.4, versions 10.4.0, 10.5.0, and 10.6.0.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17337?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform for Aws, Tibco Spotfire Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-17337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-17337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace

- [CVE-2020-9408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9408/): TIBCO Spotfire Server Script Trust Problem Exposes Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-11205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11205/): TIBCO Spotfire Server Exposes Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-18813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18813/): TIBCO Spotfire Reflected and Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-18814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18814/): TIBCO Spotfire Authentication Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-17336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17336/): TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Potentially Exposes Credentials For Shared Data Sources (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-17337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-17337 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, published on 17 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-2019-17337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace. 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-2019-17337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17337/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17337

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