What is CVE-2019-17579?

CVE-2019-17579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonarsource Sonarqube, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-17579?

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

XSS in Sonarsource Sonarqube

CVE-2019-17579

SonarSource SonarQube before 7.8 has XSS in project links on account/projects.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% 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

Sonarsource Sonarqube

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube/commit/2beaf73c2d10dcaaf3949889af53579e7d5aba13 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17579?: CVE-2019-17579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonarsource Sonarqube, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-17579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.