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title: "CVE-2019-10221\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10221?format=md
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# CVE-2019-10221

Publication date 20 March 2020

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10221?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in all pki-core
10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca module from the pki-core server. This
flaw is caused by missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An
attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an authenticated user into clicking
a specially crafted link which can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a
browser.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dogtag-pki | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10221?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dogtag-pki | * Upstream:   [56b8375](https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/56b8375e6e02d69df427c768e2e792c4bca4b089) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10221)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10221)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-10221)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10221)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732565>
* <https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/452>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10221>