What is CVE-2019-16966?

CVE-2019-16966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freepbx Contactmanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-16966?

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

XSS in Freepbx Contactmanager

CVE-2019-16966

An issue was discovered in Contactmanager 13.x before 13.0.45.3, 14.x before 14.0.5.12, and 15.x before 15.0.8.21 for FreePBX 14.0.10.3. In the Contactmanager class (html\admin\modules\contactmanager\Contactmanager.class.php), an unsanitized group variable coming from the URL is reflected in HTML on 2 occasions, leading to XSS. It can be requested via a GET request to /admin/ajax.php?module=contactmanager.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th 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

Freepbx Contactmanager — versions 13.0.0, 14.0.1
Sangoma Freepbx — versions 14.0.10.3
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 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16966?: CVE-2019-16966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freepbx Contactmanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-16966?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.