CVE-2015-0265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP User-Agent header.

Published: 2016-04-11

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0281	Apache Ranger Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Github GHSA	GHSA-83m2-9g78-rrj4	Apache Ranger Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02013.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76208
http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Ranger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-04-11T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:03:10.587Z

Reserved: 2014-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-11T19:59:00.117

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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