What is CVE-2019-3686?

CVE-2019-3686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Openqa, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-3686?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XSS in SUSE Openqa

CVE-2019-3686

openQA before commit c172e8883d8f32fced5e02f9b6faaacc913df27b was vulnerable to XSS in the distri and version parameter. This was reported through the bug bounty program of Offensive Security

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SUSE Openqa — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3686?: CVE-2019-3686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Openqa, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-3686?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.