CVE-2019-18426

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-23. Federal remediation due 2022-06-13.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

67.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-01-21 20:30Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2019-10-25

Assigning CNA

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Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8be9066c3feea6be0137bae2c32d265afcb4df36fa2c981130077b9181996782

• www.facebook.comhttps://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-18426x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157097/WhatsApp-Desktop-0.3.9308-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-18426government-resource