Medium severity · published Jul 20, 2020
CVE-2020-13932
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability
6.1
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Artemis · Apache
2.5.0 through 2.13.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13932
Vendor Advisory
https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txt
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
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