CVE-2019-20438
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)...
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
- Record
CVE-2019-20438- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-10986
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
- Record
EUVD-2019-10986- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fw3h-pcxm-9jx2 No score
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)...
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
- Record
GHSA-fw3h-pcxm-9jx2- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
- Record
CVE-2019-20438- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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
OSV
An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0. A potential stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the inline API documentation editor page of the API Publisher.
- Record
CVE-2019-20438- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-20438 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Wso2 Api Manager, published January 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.