What is CVE-2019-0218?

CVE-2019-0218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pony Mail, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-0218?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Pony Mail

CVE-2019-0218

A vulnerability was discovered wherein a specially crafted URL could enable reflected XSS via JavaScript in the pony mail interface.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.051 (92.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Pony Mail
The Apache Software Foundation Pony Mail (Incubating) — versions 0.8 to 0.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/18a7ff26bc31a77e32e5e02e65dc86b1c41b610c753f8927d2… (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/20/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108046 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0218?: CVE-2019-0218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pony Mail, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-0218?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.