What is CVE-2019-17189?

CVE-2019-17189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totemo Totemodata, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-17189?

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

XSS in Totemo Totemodata

CVE-2019-17189

totemodata 3.0.0_b936 has XSS via a folder name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Totemo Totemodata — versions 3.0.0_b936

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.totemo.com/en/solutions/secure-file-transfer (Vendor Advisory)
www.compass-security.com/en/research/advisories/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2019-021_tot… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17189?: CVE-2019-17189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totemo Totemodata, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-17189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.