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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-15501

Reflected cross site scripting (XSS) in L-Soft LISTSERV before 16.5-2018a exists via the /scripts/wa.exe OK parameter.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 6.1EPSS 8.14%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Reflected cross site scripting (XSS) in L-Soft LISTSERV before 16.5-2018a exists via the /scripts/wa.exe OK parameter.

CVSS 3.0
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
8.14% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 26 August 2019
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
lsoft/listserv
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%21 September 2026: 9.11%22 September 2026: 7.42%27 October 2026: 8.14%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 9.1% on 21 September 2026 to 8.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-47302source ↗LSoft ListServ < 16.5-2018a - Cross-Site Scriptingwindows · MTKwebapps26 August 2019no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.