What is CVE-2019-8435?

CVE-2019-8435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmywind, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-8435?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmywind

CVE-2019-8435

admin/default.php in PHPMyWind v5.5 has XSS via an HTTP Host header.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-02-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.5% 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

Phpmywind — versions 5.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/gaozhifeng/PHPMyWind/issues/3 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8435?: CVE-2019-8435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmywind, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-8435?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.