What is CVE-2019-12167?

CVE-2019-12167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Liebert Challenger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-12167?

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

XSS in Emerson Liebert Challenger

CVE-2019-12167

httpGetSet/httpGet.htm on Emerson Network Power Liebert Challenger 5.1E0.5 devices allows XSS via the statusstr parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-05-22 · 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: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Emerson Liebert Challenger
Emerson Liebert Challenger Firmware — versions 5.1e0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.emerson.com/en-us/support (Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/51 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108420 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12167?: CVE-2019-12167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emerson Liebert Challenger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-12167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.