SB2018011031 - Cross-site scripting in ActiveMQ
Published: January 10, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018011031
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6810)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
In Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.2, an instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console. The root cause of this issue is improper user data output validation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-6810-announcement.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037475
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/924a3a27fad192d711436421e02977ff90d9fc0f298e1efe6757cfbc@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E