Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting org.apache.ranger:ranger package, versions [,0.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHERANGER-31474
  • published31 Aug 2017
  • disclosed1 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8751  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.ranger:ranger to version 0.6.3 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.ranger:ranger is a framework to enable, monitor and manage comprehensive data security across the Hadoop platform.

Apache Ranger before 0.6.is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attack when entering custom policy conditions. Admin users can store some arbitrary javascript code to be executed when normal users login and access policies.

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