Cross-site scripting in Ambari - CVE-2015-3186
Published: November 2, 2015 / Updated: February 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40615
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3186
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote user to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0. A remote authenticated cluster operator user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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.
Affected software
Ambari
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3186
Install update from vendor's website.
Ambari - update to 2.1.0