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CVE-2019-14547

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in EspoCRM before 5.6.9. Stored XSS was executed when a attacker sends an attachment to admin with malicious JavaScript in the filename. This JavaScript executed when an admin selects the particular file from the list of all attachments. The attacker could inject the JavaScript inside the filename and send it to users, thus helping him steal victims' cookies (hence compromising their accounts).

Affected products

• espocrm: before 5.6.9 — fixed in 5.6.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: espocrm 5.6.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gauravnarwani.com/publications/cve-2019-14547/
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/commit/ffd3f762ce4a8de3b8962f33513e073c55d943b5
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1369
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/5.6.9
• https://gauravnarwani.com/publications/cve-2019-14547/
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/commit/ffd3f762ce4a8de3b8962f33513e073c55d943b5
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/1369
• https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/5.6.9

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