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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16926

Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via a crafted worker name. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren’t user facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and person having rights to change them already has full access

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1 Nov 2026, 05:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-16926

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2019, 00:15 UTC

Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via a crafted worker name. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren’t user facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and person having rights to change them already has full access

osv:CVE-2019-16926
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16926",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-16926",
    "summary": "Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via a crafted worker name. NOTE: The project author stated that he doesn't think this is a valid vulnerability. Worker name and task name aren’t user facing configuration options. They are internal backend config options and person having rights to change them already has full access",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-16926",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mher/flower",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "ad3a68eb7296b732f3555a6ef808987c763d8e8d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ad3a68eb7296b732f3555a6ef808987c763d8e8d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:flower_project:flower:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0.0"
                      },
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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          ],
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16926.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:25.791429013Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://fatihhcelik.blogspot.com/2019/09/flower-100-has-xss-via-crafted-worker.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-16926",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431442,
  "published_at": "2019-09-28T00:15:10.467+00:00"
}