CVE-2019-19389 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) in Ktor
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19389 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-19389 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19389 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2019-19389/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19389/index.md)
Attackers can inject headers into HTTP responses via the Ktor framework, potentially leading to cache poisoning or XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-19389?
CVE-2019-19389 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 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
JetBrains Ktor framework before version 1.2.6 was vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19389?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jetbrains Ktor.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19389?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19389 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19389 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19389 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rm67-h645-8jg2.