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CVE-2020-1941 json

Apache ActiveMQ webconsole admin GUI is open to XSS

published 6y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-activemq-2020-1941 , EUVD-2020-0419 , GHSA-cc94-3v9c-7rm8

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Apache ActiveMQ 5.0.0 to 5.15.11, the webconsole admin GUI is open to XSS, in the view that lists the contents of a queue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-web-console 5.15.12
  • activemq Debian 13, Debian 12 5.16.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1941

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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-2020-1941 updated cvss 7.3

activemq: Cross-site scripting in webconsole admin GUI

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11 activemq activemq Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 activemq activemq Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 activemq activemq Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 activemq activemq
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 mqtt-client mqtt-client Red Hat Decision Manager 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis Red Hat Fuse 7 activemq activemq Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis Red Hat Process Automation 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Virtualization 4 eap7-activemq-artemis
    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

7.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/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
OSV 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/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-web-console
>=5.0.0, <5.15.12
5.15.12
bitnami activemq
>=5.0.0, <=5.15.11
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a Apache ActiveMQ

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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