CVE-2016-0782

Description

The administration web console in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.4, 5.12.x before 5.12.3, and 5.13.x before 5.13.2 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.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.35% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1424 vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136215/Apache-ActiveMQ-5.13.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html third party advisory vdb entry
http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-0782-announcement.txt vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035328 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537760/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317516 third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0782?
CVE-2016-0782 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-0782?
To fix CVE-2016-0782, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-0782 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-0782 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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