Cross-site scripting in Apache Ambari

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU51104

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1936

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within Views feature. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ambari: 2.7.0 - 2.7.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:ambari:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:ambari:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:ambari:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/946a9d72e664ad8bc592168d9a2fed88100c6e9f1bdfea08e91a3184%40%3Cuser.ambari.apache.org%3E

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.