Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache ActiveMQ

published 2016-04-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-w525-w93j-rxgm , EUVD-2022-5498

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 8.6%; EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 0; none known

The web-based administration console in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.2 does not send an X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via a crafted web page that contains a (1) FRAME or (2) IFRAME element.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client 5.13.2

github.com/apache/activemq@028a33e commit
github.com/apache/activemq@24ad367 commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-0734 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 3.1

activemq: Clickjacking in Web Console

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 activemq activemq Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 activemq activemq
affected: no fix available
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1424
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 activemq activemq Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 activemq activemq
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-client	>=5.0.0, <5.13.2	5.13.2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /apache/activemq/commit/028a33ea7d73fabe6161defffdbfc85578328a68
web
github.com /apache/activemq/commit/24ad36778534c5ac888f880837075449169578ad
web
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1424
vendor-advisory, web
activemq.apache.org /security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-0734-announcement.txt
web, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1035327
vdb-entry
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/03/10/11
mailing-list, web
securityfocus.com /bid/84321
vdb-entry
lists.apache.org /thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0734
advisory
github.com /apache/activemq
package
lists.apache.org /thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-0734
GitHub Advisory GHSA-w525-w93j-rxgm
NVD CVE-2016-0734

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Summary