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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16925

Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via the name parameter in an @app.task call. 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, 07:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-16925

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2019, 00:15 UTC

Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via the name parameter in an @app.task call. 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-2019-16925
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16925",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-16925",
    "summary": "Flower 0.9.3 has XSS via the name parameter in an @app.task call. 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-2019-16925",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:57.301388986Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://fatihhcelik.blogspot.com/2019/09/flower-100-has-xss-via-name-parameter.html"
      ],
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    },
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438821,
  "published_at": "2019-09-28T00:15:10.403+00:00"
}