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CVE-2019-13234 Alkacon OpenCms Apollo Template

Affected softwareAlkacon OpenCms Apollo Template
Severity6.1 Medium CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in11.0.1
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published27 Aug 2019
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

In the Alkacon OpenCms Apollo Template 10.5.4 and 10.5.5, there is XSS in the search engine.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2019-09-02.
  • EPSS 2.9% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Alkacon OpenCMS 10.5.x - Cross-Site Scripting 2019-09-02

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.opencms:opencms-core), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

6.1 MEDIUM v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.opencms:opencms-core 0 11.0.1 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd alkacon opencms apollo template generic 10.5.4 · 10.5.5
osv org.opencms opencms-core generic < 11.0.1

References

URLTags
https://aetsu.github.io/OpenCms WEB
https://github.com/alkacon/apollo-template/commits/branch_10_5_x WEB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154298/Alkacon-OpenCMS-10.5.x-Cross-Site-Scripting.html WEB

Timeline

Published2019-08-27By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.