# CVE-2019-8994: TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Escalation of Privileges Vulnerability

> An authenticated user can modify settings to adversely impact other users in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vc4m-fgcj-7cmm

## What is CVE-2019-8994?

CVE-2019-8994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM, published on 24 Apr 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

The workspace client of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM, TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric, and TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BPM contains vulnerabilities where an authenticated user can change settings that can theoretically adversely impact other users. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 4.2.0, TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Distribution for TIBCO Silver Fabric: versions up to and including 4.2.0, and TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BPM: versions up to and including 1.4.1.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8994?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Activematrix Business Process Management, Tibco Silver Fabric Enabler.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-8994?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8994 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-8994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM

- [CVE-2019-11203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11203/): TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-8994 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-8994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM, published on 24 Apr 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-2019-8994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM. 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-2019-8994/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8994/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8994
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8994
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8994

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