What is CVE-2019-20379?

CVE-2019-20379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ganglia Ganglia-Web, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-20379?

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

XSS in Ganglia Ganglia-Web

CVE-2019-20379

ganglia-web (aka Ganglia Web Frontend) through 3.7.5 allows XSS via the header.php cs parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-11 · 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: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% 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

Ganglia Ganglia-Web

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/351 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20379?: CVE-2019-20379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ganglia Ganglia-Web, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-20379?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.