CVE-2019-16878: Portainer cross-site scripting vulnerability

Portainer · Portainer

Portainer before 1.22.1 has XSS (issue 2 of 2).

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.52% · top 57.9% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5

0.52%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Portainer before 1.22.1 has XSS (issue 2 of 2).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Portainer Portainer

References

Link	Tags
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-119	Third Party Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-119	Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-16878), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-09). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.