# CVE-2019-18574: Cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager

> A malicious administrator can inject scripts into reports, leading to code execution in other administrators' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9xxv-5cr7-5gvp

## What is CVE-2019-18574?

CVE-2019-18574 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell RSA Authentication Manager, published on 3 Dec 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

RSA Authentication Manager software versions prior to 8.4 P8 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Security Console. A malicious Security Console administrator could exploit this vulnerability to store arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code through the web interface which could then be included in a report. When other Security Console administrators open the affected report, the injected scripts could potentially be executed in their browser.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18574?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Rsa Authentication Manager, Rsa Authentication Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-18574?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18574 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-18574 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell RSA Authentication Manager

- [CVE-2019-3768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3768/): XML external entity in RSA Authentication Manager (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-11073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11073/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1253/): Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-2279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2279/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2018-11074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11074/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-18574 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-18574 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell RSA Authentication Manager, published on 3 Dec 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-2019-18574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell RSA Authentication 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-2019-18574/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18574/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18574
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18574
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18574

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