CVE-2019-10779
All versions of stroom:stroom-app before 5.5.12 and all versions of the 6.0.0 branch before 6.0.25 are affected by Cross-site Scripting. An attacker website is able to load the Stroom UI into a hidden iframe. Using that iframe, the attacker site can issue commands to the Stroom UI via an XSS vulnerability to take full control of the Stroom UI on behalf of the logged-in user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
All versions of stroom:stroom-app before 5.5.12 and all versions of the 6.0.0 branch before 6.0.25 are affected by Cross-site Scripting. An attacker website is able to load the Stroom UI into a hidden iframe. Using that iframe, the attacker site can issue commands to the Stroom UI via an XSS vulnerability to take full control of the Stroom UI on behalf of the logged-in user.
- Record
CVE-2019-10779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
All versions of stroom:stroom-app before 5.5.12 and all versions of the 6.0.0 branch before 6.0.25 are affected by Cross-site Scripting. An attacker website is able to load the Stroom UI into a hidden iframe. Using that iframe, the attacker site can issue commands to the Stroom UI via an XSS vulnerability to take full control of the Stroom UI on behalf of the logged-in user.
- Record
CVE-2019-10779- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2536 No score
All versions of stroom:stroom-app before 5.5.12 and all versions of the 6.0.0 branch before 6.0.25 are affected by Cross-site Scripting. An attacker website is able to load the Stroom UI into a hidden iframe. Using that iframe, the attacker site can issue commands to the Stroom UI via an XSS vulnerability to take full control of the Stroom UI on behalf of the logged-in user.
- Record
EUVD-2019-2536- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
All versions of stroom:stroom-app before 5.5.12 and all versions of the 6.0.0 branch before 6.0.25 are affected by Cross-site Scripting. An attacker website is able to load the Stroom UI into a hidden iframe. Using that iframe, the attacker site can issue commands to the Stroom UI via an XSS vulnerability to take full control of the Stroom UI on behalf of the logged-in user.
- Record
CVE-2019-10779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | RepublicR0K/CVE-2019-10779 | 2020-10-29 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10779 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Gchq Stroom, published January 28, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.