What is CVE-2019-8920?

CVE-2019-8920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apachefriends Xampp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-8920?

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

XSS in Apachefriends Xampp

CVE-2019-8920

iart.php in XAMPP 1.7.0 has XSS, a related issue to CVE-2008-3569.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% 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

Apachefriends Xampp — versions 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

blog.lucideus.com/2019/07/xampp-170-reflected-cross-site-scripting.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/109120 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8920?: CVE-2019-8920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apachefriends Xampp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-8920?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.