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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-20436

An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, and WSO2 Identity Server 5.8.0. If there is a claim dialect configured with an XSS payload in the dialect URI, and a user picks up this dialect's URI and adds it as the service provider claim dialect while configuring the service provider, that payload gets executed. The attacker also needs to have privileges to log in to the management console, and to add and configure claim dialects.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-20436

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Jan 2020, 01:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, and WSO2 Identity Server 5.8.0. If there is a claim dialect configured with an XSS payload in the dialect URI, and a user picks up this dialect's URI and adds it as the service provider claim dialect while configuring the service provider, that payload gets executed. The attacker also needs to have privileges to log in to the management console, and to add and configure claim dialects.

osv:CVE-2019-20436
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-20436",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in WSO2 API Manager 2.6.0, WSO2 IS as Key Manager 5.7.0, and WSO2 Identity Server 5.8.0. If there is a claim dialect configured with an XSS payload in the dialect URI, and a user picks up this dialect's URI and adds it as the service provider claim dialect while configuring the service provider, that payload gets executed. The attacker also needs to have privileges to log in to the management console, and to add and configure claim dialects.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.102706413Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434140,
  "published_at": "2020-01-28T01:15:11.957+00:00"
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