Cross-site scripting in RabbitMQ - CVE-2019-11281
Published: October 16, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35155
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11281
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions prior to v3.7.18, and RabbitMQ for PCF, versions 1.15.x prior to 1.15.13, versions 1.16.x prior to 1.16.6, and versions 1.17.x prior to 1.17.3, contain two components, the virtual host limits page, and the federation management UI, which do not properly sanitize user input. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative access could craft a cross site scripting attack that would gain access to virtual hosts and policy management information.
Affected software
RabbitMQ
Fedora
rabbitmq-server
Fedora
rabbitmq-server
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11281
Install update from vendor's website.
RabbitMQ - update to 3.7.18
rabbitmq-server - addressed in versions 3.7.22-1.fc30, 3.7.22-1.fc31
rabbitmq-server - addressed in versions 3.7.22-1.fc30, 3.7.22-1.fc31
External References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEQ6O7PMNJKYFMQYHAB55L423GYK63SO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYTGR3D5FW2O25RXZOTIZMOD2HAUVBE4/
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11281