CVE-2019-1020005 [Medium] | XSS in Invenio-Communities

CVE-2019-1020005 is rated Low Risk (36.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-17	0.05%	0.21%	+0.15%
2	2023-03-07	0.89%	0.05%	-0.83%
3	2022-04-01	—	0.89%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-03-17

0.05%

0.21%

+0.15%

2023-03-07

0.89%

0.05%

-0.83%

2022-04-01

—

0.89%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.4	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.3	2.7	[email protected]
3.5	2.0	LOW	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:S) A single authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	6.8	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.4

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.3

2.7

[email protected]

3.5

2.0

LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S): A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

6.8

2.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-1020005

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a1::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a10::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a11::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a12::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a13::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a14::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a15::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a16::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a17::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a18::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a19::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a2::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a3::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a4::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a5::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a6::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a7::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a8::::::
inveniosoftware	invenio-communities	1.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:inveniosoftware:invenio-communities:1.0.0:a9::::::

References for CVE-2019-1020005

URL	Tags
https://github.com/inveniosoftware/invenio-communities/security/advisories/GHSA-mfv8-q39f-mgfg	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2019-1020005

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1020005

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-1020005

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-1020005

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-1020005

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-1020005

References for CVE-2019-1020005