What is CVE-2019-12863?

CVE-2019-12863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Netpath, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-12863?

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

XSS in Solarwinds Netpath

CVE-2019-12863

SolarWinds Orion Platform 2018.4 HF3 (NPM 12.4, NetPath 1.1.4) allows Stored HTML Injection by administrators via the Web Console Settings screen.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-02-25 · 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: 0.011 (63.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% 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

Solarwinds Netpath — versions 1.1.4
Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor — versions 12.4
Solarwinds Orion Platform — versions 2018.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.solarwinds.com/network-performance-monitor (Product, Vendor Advisory)
www.esecforte.com/responsible-vulnerability-disclosure-cve-2019-12863-stored-ht… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12863?: CVE-2019-12863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Netpath, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-12863?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.