SB2016092615 - Cross-site scripting in ranger 

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SB2016092615 - Cross-site scripting in ranger

Published: September 26, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2016092615
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5395)

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.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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