CVE-2019-19596

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-19596 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitBook versions through 2.6.9, exploitable via a local .md file. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and local file access, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:gitbook:gitbook::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.72%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

50.0%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-hwgp-c653-6684medium

GitBook allows Cross-site Scripting via a local .md file.

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / ianxtianxt/gitbook-xss

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