# CVE-2019-7938: Magento 2 Community Edition XSS Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-7938-magento-2-community-edition-xss-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-24  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2019-7938 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2022-05-24

Magento 2 Community Edition XSS Vulnerability

Technologies: [magento/community-edition (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/packagist-magento-community-edition), [magento/product-community-edition (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/magento-product-community-edition). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2019-7938 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-7938 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2019-7938?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 24 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** magento/community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.18; magento/magento1ce (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1,fixed=1.9.4.2; magento/magento1ee (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1,fixed=1.14.4.2; magento/product-community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1,fixed=2.1.18.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2019-7938?** Yes. magento/community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.1.18 or later; magento/magento1ce (Packagist): upgrade to 1.9.4.2 or later; magento/magento1ee (Packagist): upgrade to 1.14.4.2 or later; magento/product-community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.1.18 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2019-7938?** Check whether you run magento/community-edition (Packagist), magento/magento1ce (Packagist), magento/magento1ee (Packagist) or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- magento/community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.1.18 or later

  ```sh
  composer require magento/community-edition:^2.1.18
  ```

- magento/magento1ce (Packagist): upgrade to 1.9.4.2 or later

  ```sh
  composer require magento/magento1ce:^1.9.4.2
  ```

- magento/magento1ee (Packagist): upgrade to 1.14.4.2 or later

  ```sh
  composer require magento/magento1ee:^1.14.4.2
  ```

- magento/product-community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.1.18 or later

  ```sh
  composer require magento/product-community-edition:^2.1.18
  ```


## Affected products

- magento/community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.18
- magento/magento1ce (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1,fixed=1.9.4.2
- magento/magento1ee (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1,fixed=1.14.4.2
- magento/product-community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.1,fixed=2.1.18

## Identifiers

- CVE-2019-7938
- GHSA-mgfr-44wv-hqv6

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