What is CVE-2019-12427?

CVE-2019-12427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-12427?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Zimbra Collaboration Server

CVE-2019-12427

Zimbra Collaboration before 8.8.15 Patch 1 is vulnerable to a non-persistent XSS via the Admin Console.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zimbra Collaboration Server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zimbra_Security_Advisories (Vendor Advisory)
wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Security_Center (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12427?: CVE-2019-12427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-12427?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.