What is CVE-2019-16751?

CVE-2019-16751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devise Token Auth Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-16751?

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

XSS in Devise Token Auth Project

CVE-2019-16751

An issue was discovered in Devise Token Auth through 1.1.2. The omniauth failure endpoint is vulnerable to Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) through the message parameter. Unauthenticated attackers can craft a URL that executes a malicious JavaScript payload in the victim's browser. This affects the fallback_render method in the omniauth callbacks controller.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th 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

Devise_token_auth_project Devise_token_auth
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16751?: CVE-2019-16751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devise Token Auth Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-16751?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.