#VU40172 Cross-site scripting in ActiveMQ - CVE-2016-0782

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40172

Vulnerability 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

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ActiveMQ
Server applications / Mail servers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

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, 5.1.0 - 5.15.6, 5.2 - 5.2.0, 5.3.0 - 5.3.2, 5.4.0 - 5.4.3, 5.5.0 - 5.5.1, 5.6.0, 5.7.0, 5.8.0, 5.9.0 - 5.9.1

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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

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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