Vulnerability · Published Mar 1, 2024 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2023-50378Apache Ambari: Various XSS problems

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Apache Ambari from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Lack of proper input validation and constraint enforcement in Apache Ambari prior to 2.7.8 Impact : As it will be stored XSS, Could be exploited to perform unauthorized actions, varying from data access to session hijacking and delivering malicious payloads. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.7.8 which fixes this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.apache.ambari:ambari	2.7.8	GHSA-9q6v-rxmw-g3gh

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Ambari	2.7.0 – through 2.7.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/6hn0thq743vz9gh283s2d87wz8tqh37c vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/01/5 x_transferred