CVE-2019-20381 — TestLink before 1

TestLink before 1.9.20 allows XSS via non-lowercase javascript: in the index.php reqURI parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-19491.

01What is this vulnerability?

TestLink before 1.9.20 allows XSS via non-lowercase javascript: in the index.php reqURI parameter. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-19491.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-01-20T05:21:28.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:39:09.877Z

09References

• mantis.testlink.org — http://mantis.testlink.org/view.php?id=8808
• github.com — https://github.com/TestLinkOpenSourceTRMS/testlink-code/commit/cde692895e425731e…
• github.com — https://github.com/TestLinkOpenSourceTRMS/testlink-code/compare/1.9.19...1.9.20