What is CVE-2019-16146?

CVE-2019-16146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getgophish Gophish, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-16146?

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

XSS in Getgophish Gophish

CVE-2019-16146

Gophish through 0.8.0 allows XSS via a username.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-09-09 · 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: 0.007 (49.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Getgophish Gophish

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/gophish/gophish/pull/1547 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16146?: CVE-2019-16146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getgophish Gophish, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16146?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.