Cross-site scripting in RabbitMQ - CVE-2017-4965
Published: June 13, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38873
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4965
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in these Pivotal RabbitMQ versions: all 3.4.x versions, all 3.5.x versions, and 3.6.x versions prior to 3.6.9; and these RabbitMQ for PCF versions: all 1.5.x versions, 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.18, and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.15. Several forms in the RabbitMQ management UI are vulnerable to XSS attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4965
Install update from vendor's website.