Cross-site scripting in ranger

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU40088

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.4 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5395

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the create user functionality in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.6.1. A remote authenticated 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.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

ranger: 0.5.1 - 0.6.0

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92577
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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