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CVE-2019-16772

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16772 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serialize-to-js NPM package prior to version 3.0.1, specifically impacting environments outside of Node.js due to improper handling of unsafe characters in serialized regular expressions. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:serialize-to-js_project:serialize-to-js:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.1LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: serialize-to-jsFixed in: 3.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-3fjq-93xj-3f3flow

Cross-Site Scripting in serialize-to-js

Dec 6, 2019

References

github.com / commenthol/serialize-to-js/commit/181d7d583ae5293cd47cc99b14ad13352875f3e3
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / commenthol/serialize-to-js/security/advisories/GHSA-3fjq-93xj-3f3f
Third Party Advisory