CVE-2019-9870

Q: How do I fix CVE-2019-9870?

Upgrade oembed to 2019-03-14 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2019-9870 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-9870 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.7% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-9870?

CVE-2019-9870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2019-9870 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for oembed (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 74th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

plugin.js in the w8tcha oEmbed plugin before 2019-03-14 for CKEditor mishandles SCRIPT elements.

CWE-19

How to fix

Remediation Available

oembedNVD

Affected:< 2019-03-14Fixed in:2019-03-14CVE-2019-9870derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-19 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-5477	High	7.8	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-9034	Medium	5.0	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-7141	Medium	6.4	76%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-3236	Critical	9.8	75%	-	-
CVE-2015-5374	High	7.8	74%	-	-
CVE-2016-4977	High	8.8	72%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-9870?

Upgrade oembed to 2019-03-14 or later.

Is CVE-2019-9870 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-9870 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.7% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2019-9870?

CVE-2019-9870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-9870 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for oembed (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.