# CVE-2019-16966: An issue was discovered in Contactmanager 13.x before 13.0.45.3, 14.x before 14.0.5.12, and 15.x before 15.0.8.21 for FreePBX 14.0.10.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Contactmanager 13.x before 13.0.45.3, 14.x before 14.0.5.12, and 15.x before 15.0.8.21 for FreePBX 14.0.10.3. In the Contactmanager class (html\admin\modules\contactmanager\Contactmanager.class.php), an unsanitized group variable coming from the URL is reflected in HTML on 2 occasions, leading to XSS. It can be requested via a GET request to /admin/ajax.php?module=contactmanager.

## What to do

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

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## References

- https://issues.freepbx.org/browse/FREEPBX-20437
- https://github.com/FreePBX/contactmanager/commit/99e5aa0050224289cfe64c9036f38ce2531bf633
- https://resp3ctblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/19/freepbx-xss-1/

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