CVE-2019-15481

Kimai v2 before 1.1 has XSS via a timesheet description.

Published: 2019-08-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-15481 is rated Moderate Risk (43.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-15481

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.22% 0.86% +0.64%
2 2025-03-17 0.07% 0.22% +0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.07%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-15481

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-15481

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-15481

GHSA-7v44-75jf-22gj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Kimai v2 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-15481

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kimai kimai_2 < 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-15481

URL Tags
https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2/pull/962 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2/releases/tag/1.1 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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