What is CVE-2019-12416?

CVE-2019-12416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Deltaspike, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-12416?

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

Vulnerability in Apache Deltaspike

CVE-2019-12416

we got reports for 2 injection attacks against the DeltaSpike windowhandler.js. This is only active if a developer selected the ClientSideWindowStrategy which is not the default.

EPSS: 0.026 (84.1th 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

Apache Deltaspike
N/a Apache Deltaspike — versions Apache DeltaSpike up to including 1.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

security@apache.org (Exploit, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12416?: CVE-2019-12416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Deltaspike, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-12416?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.