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CVE-2019-10219: The SafeHtml annotation in Hibernate-Validator does not properly guard against XSS attacks

January 8, 2020 (updated September 12, 2025)

A vulnerability was found in Hibernate-Validator. The SafeHtml validator annotation fails to properly sanitize payloads consisting of potentially malicious code in HTML comments and instructions. This vulnerability can result in an XSS attack.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0159
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0160
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0161
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0164
  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10219
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8p2-495h-ccmh
  • github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator
  • github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/124b7dd6d9a4ad24d4d49f74701f05a13e56cee
  • github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/124b7dd6d9a4ad24d4d49f74701f05a13e56ceee
  • github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/20d729548511ac5cff6fd459f93de137195420fe
  • github.com/poc-effectiveness/PoCAdaptation/tree/main/Adapted/CVE-2019-10219
  • github.com/poc-effectiveness/PoCAdaptation/tree/main/Origin/CVE-2019-10219/exploit
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f8b4e2541be4234946e40d55859273a7eec0f4901e8080ce2406fe6%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f8b4e2541be4234946e40d55859273a7eec0f4901e8080ce2406fe6@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f92d7f7682dcff92722fa947f9e6f8ba2227c5dc3e11ba09114897d%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f92d7f7682dcff92722fa947f9e6f8ba2227c5dc3e11ba09114897d@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87b7e2d22982b4ca9f88f5f4f22a19b394d2662415b233582ed22ebf%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87b7e2d22982b4ca9f88f5f4f22a19b394d2662415b233582ed22ebf@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db1dd24b4%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db1dd24b4@%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b880cd7c%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b880cd7c@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35da62de4a%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35da62de4a@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10219
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0024
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 6.1.0.Alpha1 before 6.1.0.Alpha6, all versions starting from 6.0.0.Alpha1 before 6.0.18.Final

Fixed versions

  • 6.1.0.Alpha6
  • 6.0.18.Final

Solution

Upgrade to versions 6.0.18.Final, 6.1.0.Alpha6 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/org.hibernate.validator/hibernate-validator/CVE-2019-10219.yml

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