Headline
CVE-2019-11291: CVE-2019-11291 | Security
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.
All Vulnerability Reports
CVE-2019-11291: RabbitMQ XSS attack via federation and shovel endpoints
Severity
Low
Vendor
Pivotal
Description
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 VMware Products and Versions
Severity is low unless otherwise noted.
RabbitMQ
- 3.8 versions prior to v3.8.1
- 3.7 versions prior to v3.7.20
RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform
- 1.17 versions prior to 1.17.4
- 1.16 versions prior to 1.16.7
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
RabbitMQ
- v3.8.1
- v3.7.20
RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform
- 1.17.4
- 1.16.7
Credit
This issue was responsibly reported by Markus Alvila.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11291
History
2019-11-22: Initial vulnerability report published.