{"id":"CVE-2019-12538","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12538","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:44:19.485Z","title":"There is XSS via the SiteLookup.do search field.","description":"An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus 9.3. There is XSS via the SiteLookup.do search field.","published":"2019-06-05T15:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:14:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["zohocorp/manageengine servicedesk plus"],"epss":{"score":0.06029,"percentile":0.93317,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10846,"percentile":0.95715},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.06029,"percentile":0.93027}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-06-04","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46963,"kind":"exploit","title":"Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus 9.3 - 'SiteLookup.do' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46963","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/java/webapps/46963.txt","file":"exploits/java/webapps/46963.txt","published":"2019-06-04","added":"2019-06-04","updated":"2019-06-04","author":"Vingroup","type":"webapps","platform":"java","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-12538"],"tags":"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10846,"from":0.06029,"percentile":0.95715},"summary":"EPSS moved from 6.0% to 10.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tarantula-team/CVE-2019-12538","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/readme.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/tarantula-team/CVE-2019-12538","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/readme.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12538","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}