Stored cross-site scripting in Apache Atlas - CVE-2019-10070

 

Stored cross-site scripting in Apache Atlas - CVE-2019-10070

Published: November 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22834
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10070
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Atlas

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "search" functionality. A remote attacker 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-10070

Install updates from vendor's website.

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