Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-utils package, versions [1.0.0, 1.8.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHENIFI-72713
  • published20 Dec 2018
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018
  • creditDan Fike

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-17193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-utils to version 1.8.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.nifi:nifi-web-utils is a system to process and distribute data.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The message-page.jsp error page used the value of the HTTP request header X-ProxyContextPath without sanitization, resulting in a reflected XSS attack.

Details

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1