# CVE-2019-0234: A Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Apache Roller.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-15 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Apache Apache Roller: Roller 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2. The unsupported pre-Roller 5.1 versions may also be affected.

## Description

A Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Apache Roller. Roller's Math Comment Authenticator did not property sanitize user input and could be exploited to perform Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The mitigation for this vulnerability is to upgrade to the latest version of Roller, which is now Roller 5.2.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Apache Roller, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/26cdef3fa8a8fa7fcbb99320aa860836ead124b414c654a4d12674cf%40%3Cdev.roller.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81a61626d03a11e610c4fbf641f19a6075a0d082906388826829663d%40%3Cuser.roller.apache.org%3E

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