What is CVE-2019-15127?

CVE-2019-15127 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-15127?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Vanderbilt Redcap

CVE-2019-15127

REDCap before 9.3.0 allows XSS attacks against non-administrator accounts on the Data Import Tool page via a CSV data import file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vanderbilt Redcap

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15127?: CVE-2019-15127 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-15127?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.