CVE-2019-8228
Withdrawn Advisory: Magento 2 Community Edition XSS Vulnerability
in Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
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
NVD Score used
in Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
- Record
CVE-2019-8228- 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 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
in Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
- Record
CVE-2019-8228- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3321 No score
in Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3321- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-988g-wfwf-5666
Withdrawn Advisory: Magento 2 Community Edition XSS Vulnerability
Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability does not affect a package in one of the GitHub Advisory Database's supported ecosystems. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
In Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
- Record
GHSA-988g-wfwf-5666- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-988g-wfwf-5666
Withdrawn Advisory: Magento 2 Community Edition XSS Vulnerability
Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability does not affect a package in one of the GitHub Advisory Database's supported ecosystems. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
In Magento prior to 1.9.4.3 and Magento prior to 1.14.4.3, an authenticated user with limited administrative privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript code into transactional email page when creating a new email template or editing existing email template.
- Record
GHSA-988g-wfwf-5666- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2019-8228 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Magento, published November 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.