CVE-2019-0186
The input fields of the Apache Pluto "Chat Room" demo portlet 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 20.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The input fields of the Apache Pluto "Chat Room" demo portlet 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Mitigation: * Uninstall the ChatRoomDemo war file - or - * migrate to version 3.1.0 of the chat-room-demo war file
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Pluto 3.0.0 / 3.0.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46759webapps, javapublished 26 Apr 2019Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46759 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.6% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Pluto
- affected 3.0.0
- affected 3.0.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.portals.pluto:chatRoomDemoGHSA-w47g-4vrc-m3w2 (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- https://portals.apache.org/pluto/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [CVE-2019-0186] The input fields of the Chat Room demo are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [CVE-2019-0186] The input fields of the Chat Room demo are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [CVE-2019-0186] The input fields of the Chat Room demo are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 46759 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152642/Apache-Pluto-3.0.0-3.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 108091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5492 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w47g-4vrc-m3w2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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