What is CVE-2019-10016?

CVE-2019-10016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gforge Advanced Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-10016?

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

XSS in Gforge Advanced Server

CVE-2019-10016

GForge Advanced Server 6.4.4 allows XSS via the commonsearch.php words parameter, as demonstrated by a snippet/search/?words= substring.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-03-25 · 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: 0.008 (57.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gforge Advanced Server — versions 6.4.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

ctrsec.io/index.php/2019/03/24/gforge-advanced-server-xss-commonsearch-php/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10016?: CVE-2019-10016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gforge Advanced Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-10016?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.