HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2019-17495
CRITICAL

CVE-2019-17495

CWE-352Published: October 10, 2019· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

9.8
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) injection vulnerability in Swagger UI before 3.23.11 allows attackers to use the Relative Path Overwrite (RPO) technique to perform CSS-based input field value exfiltration, such as exfiltration of a CSRF token value. In other words, this product intentionally allows the embedding of untrusted JSON data from remote servers, but it was not previously known that <style>@import within the JSON data was a functional attack method.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2019-17495 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 9.8.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.None
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors & Products

Oracle5 product(s)
banking apisbanking digital experiencebanking platformprimavera gatewayutilities framework
smartbear1 product(s)
swagger ui
Source: NVD CPE · 16 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
PATCHhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
ADVISORYhttps://github.com/tarantula-team/CSS-injection-in-Swagger-UI
ADVISORYhttps://github.com/tarantula-team/CSS-injection-in-Swagger-UI

All References (22)

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https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v3.23.11Release Notes
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https://github.com/tarantula-team/CSS-injection-in-Swagger-UIExploit · Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r103579b01da2d0aa0f672b88f811224bbf8ef493aaad845895955e91%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3acb7e494cf1aab99b6784b7c5bbddfd0d4f8a484ab534c3a61ef9cf%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
→
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84b327f7a8b6b28857b906c07a66dd98e1d341191fa8d7816514ef96%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r853ffeb915a400f899de78124d4e0d77a19379d2e11bf8f4e98c624f%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref70b940c4f69560d29d6ba792d6c82865e74de3dcad4c92d99b1f8f%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
→
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch · Third Party Advisory
→
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch · Third Party Advisory
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch · Third Party Advisory
→
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v3.23.11Release Notes
→
https://github.com/tarantula-team/CSS-injection-in-Swagger-UIExploit · Third Party Advisory
→
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r103579b01da2d0aa0f672b88f811224bbf8ef493aaad845895955e91%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
→
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3acb7e494cf1aab99b6784b7c5bbddfd0d4f8a484ab534c3a61ef9cf%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2019-17495
CVSS Score9.8 / 10
SeverityCRITICAL
WeaknessCWE-352
CISA KEVNo
Affected2 vendor(s)
PublishedOct 10, 2019

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Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2019-17495 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
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