# CVE-2019-5314: Cross-site scripting in Aruba Mobility Controllers

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts or split HTTP responses via URL parameters in ArubaOS web components, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 13 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-869g-gwxw-f53m

## What is CVE-2019-5314?

CVE-2019-5314 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 13 Sep 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

Some web components in the ArubaOS software are vulnerable to HTTP Response splitting (CRLF injection) and Reflected XSS. An attacker would be able to accomplish this by sending certain URL parameters that would trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5314?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arubanetworks Arubaos.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5314?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5314 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5314 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arubanetworks Arubaos

- [CVE-2024-42393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42393/): Memory corruption in Hpe Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42394/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42395/): Memory corruption in HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31466/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31467/): Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5314 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5314 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 13 Sep 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-2019-5314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arubanetworks Arubaos. 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-2019-5314/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5314/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5314
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5314
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5314

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5314/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.