# CVE-2019-3776: Reflected XSS in Pivotal Operations Manager

> A reflected XSS vulnerability in Pivotal Operations Manager allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser via malicious content.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmhh-pxq2-c7gj

## What is CVE-2019-3776?

CVE-2019-3776 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Pivotal Ops Manager, published on 7 Mar 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pivotal Operations Manager, 2.1.x versions prior to 2.1.20, 2.2.x versions prior to 2.2.16, 2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.10, 2.4.x versions prior to 2.4.3, contains a reflected cross site scripting vulnerability. A remote user that is able to convince an Operations Manager user to interact with malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3776?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Operations Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Ops Manager

- [CVE-2016-0883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0883/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-0897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0897/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-15762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15762/): Pivotal Operations Manager gives all users heightened privileges (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2019-11292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11292/): Pivotal Ops Manager logs query parameters in tomcat access file (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11081/): Pivotal Operations Manager UAA config - temp Ram Disk (high 7.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3776 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3776 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Pivotal Ops Manager, published on 7 Mar 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Ops 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-2019-3776/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3776/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3776
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3776
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3776

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3776/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.