RabbitMQ XSS attack via federation and shovel endpoints
CVE-2019-11291

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Pivotal

Status
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ For Pivotal Platform
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2019

What is CVE-2019-11291?

Pivotal RabbitMQ, 3.7 versions prior to v3.7.20 and 3.8 version prior to v3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for PCF, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain two endpoints, federation and shovel, which do not properly sanitize user input. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative access could craft a cross site scripting attack via the vhost or node name fields that could grant access to virtual hosts and policy management information.

Affected Version(s)

RabbitMQ 3.8

RabbitMQ 3.7

RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform 1.17 < 1.17.4

References

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11291
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0553
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

CVSS V3.0

Score:
3.1
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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