CVE-2019-16956
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
- Record
CVE-2019-16956- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
- Record
CVE-2019-16956- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7434 No score
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7434- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97gc-j846-38jc No score
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
SolarWinds Web Help Desk 12.7.0 allows XSS via the Request Type parameter of a ticket.
- Record
GHSA-97gc-j846-38jc- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16956 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Solarwinds Web Help Desk, published January 4, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.73%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.