CVE-2019-6146

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

It has been reported that cross-site scripting (XSS) is possible in Forcepoint Web Security, version 8.x, via host header injection. CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (Medium) (/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected products

Forcepoint Web Security: from 8.0.0 before 8.5.4 — fixed in 8.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Forcepoint Web Security 8.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156274/Forcepoint-WebSecurity-8.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2019-6146.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156274/Forcepoint-WebSecurity-8.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2019-6146.html

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