CVE-2019-0186

MEDIUM

Apache Pluto Chat Room Demo 3.0.0-3.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-0186. PoCs published by Dhiraj Mishra.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Apache Pluto's 'Chat Room' portlet demo. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject raw HTML markup into the 'Name' or 'Message' input fields, which is then embedded in the subsequent web page.

Description

The input fields of the Apache Pluto "Chat Room" demo portlet 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Mitigation: * Uninstall the ChatRoomDemo war file - or - * migrate to version 3.1.0 of the chat-room-demo war file

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Dhiraj Mishra · textwebappsjava
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46759

This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in Apache Pluto's 'Chat Room' portlet demo. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject raw HTML markup into the 'Name' or 'Message' input fields, which is then embedded in the subsequent web page.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apache Pluto 3.0.0, 3.0.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the 'Chat Room' portlet demo page
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portals.apache.org/pluto/security.html
Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/25/8
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46759/
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108091

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0575
EPSS Percentile 90.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
apache/pluto 3.0.0
apache/pluto 3.0.1
org.apache.portals.pluto/chatRoomDemo 3.0.0 - 3.1.0Maven
Published Apr 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026