Cross-site scripting in ActiveMQ - CVE-2013-1880

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Cross-site scripting in ActiveMQ - CVE-2013-1880

Published: February 5, 2014 / Updated: January 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42071
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1880
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
ActiveMQ

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the Portfolio publisher servlet in the demo web application in Apache ActiveMQ before 5.9.0 when processing refresh parameter to demo/portfolioPublish, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-6092. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-1880

Install update from vendor's website.

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