CVE-2019-16148

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2019-09-23. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Sakai through 12.6 allows XSS via a chat user name.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EPSS
53.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 9, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (2)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
mavenorg.sakaiproject:chat-baseghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.sakaiproject:chat-base10.1 ... 12.6 (18 versions)

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-16148?
CVE-2019-16148 is a medium vulnerability published on September 9, 2019. Sakai through 12.6 allows XSS via a chat user name.
When was CVE-2019-16148 disclosed?
CVE-2019-16148 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 9, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-16148 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-16148 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 53.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-16148?
CVE-2019-16148 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-16148?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-16148, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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