What is CVE-2019-16957?

CVE-2019-16957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Webhelpdesk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-16957?

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

XSS in Solarwinds Webhelpdesk

CVE-2019-16957

SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the First Name field of a User Account.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Solarwinds Webhelpdesk — versions 12.7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16957?: CVE-2019-16957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Webhelpdesk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-16957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.