What is CVE-2019-1486?

CVE-2019-1486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-1486?

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

Open Redirect in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

CVE-2019-1486

A spoofing vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Live Share when a guest connected to a Live Share session is redirected to an arbitrary URL specified by the session host, aka 'Visual Studio Live Share Spoofing Vulnerability'.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th 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

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 — versions 16.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.4 (Includes 16.0 - 16.3) — versions unspecified
Microsoft Visual Studio Live Share Extension — versions unspecified
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Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

secure@microsoft.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1486?: CVE-2019-1486 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-1486?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.