XSS in Linuxfoundation Dojox

CVE-2019-10785

dojox is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in all versions before version 1.16.1, 1.15.2, 1.14.5, 1.13.6, 1.12.7 and 1.11.9. This is due to dojox.xmpp.util.xmlEncode only encoding the first occurrence of each character, not all of them.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10785?
CVE-2019-10785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Dojox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-10785?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10785 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.