Cross-site scripting in ActiveMQ

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU40172

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0782

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

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. The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and consequently obtain sensitive information from a Java memory dump via vectors related to creating a queue.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ActiveMQ: 5.0.0 - 5.15.6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:activemq:5.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-0782-announcement.txt
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136215/Apache-ActiveMQ-5.13.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537760/100/0/threaded
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035328
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1424
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317516
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.