CVE-2019-11281RabbitMQ XSS attack
- 2.4LowCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions prior to v3.7.18, and RabbitMQ for PCF, versions 1.15.x prior to 1.15.13, versions 1.16.x prior to 1.16.6, and versions 1.17.x prior to 1.17.3, contain two components, the virtual host limits page, and the federation management UI, which do not properly sanitize user input. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative access could craft a cross site scripting attack that would gain access to virtual hosts and policy management information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By pivotal
- 6 months later
· 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pivotalCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.4.
Affected products
- affected prior to v3.7.18
- affected 1.15.x prior to 1.15.13
- affected 11.16.x prior to 1.16.6
- affected 1.17.x prior to 1.17.3
References
References5
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11281 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-6497f51791 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-74d2feb5be (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210719 [SECURITY] [DLA 2710-1] rabbitmq-server security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2019-2969 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-11281)Record last updated .