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CVE-2019-14548

• 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 in the body of an Article was executed when a victim opens articles received through mail. This Article can be formed by an attacker using the Knowledge Base feature in the tab list. The attacker could inject malicious JavaScript inside the body of the article, 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-2019-14548/
• 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-2019-14548/
• 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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