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CVE-2020-13947

An instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console

An instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console on the message.jsp page of Apache ActiveMQ versions 5.15.12 through 5.16.0.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.04029
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

4
apache activemq< 5.15.14
apache activemq>= 5.16.0 and < 5.16.1
oracle communications session report manager>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.2.2
oracle communications session route manager>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.2.2
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-parent MODERATE fixed in 5.16.1
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache ActiveMQ Web Console message jsp Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2020-13947) M1web-application-attack
et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache ActiveMQ Web Console message jsp Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2020-13947) M2web-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@apache.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD08 Feb 2021 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13947-announcement.txtVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r021c490028f61c8b6f7e38efb98e61693b0cbb6b99b02238c6fc7d66%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra66791f1f2b59fa651a81cec5202acdfbf34c2154fc0ff200301cc1c%40%3Cdev.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra66791f1f2b59fa651a81cec5202acdfbf34c2154fc0ff200301cc1c%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
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