Cross site scripting in org.apache.nifi:nifi

published 2018-12-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff , EUVD-2018-0797

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.8%; EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

The message-page.jsp error page used the value of the HTTP request header X-ProxyContextPath without sanitization, resulting in a reflected XSS attack. Mitigation: The fix to correctly parse and sanitize the request attribute value was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.8.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven org.apache.nifi:nifi 1.8.0

github.com/apache/nifi@e62aa02 commit

Exploit prediction

2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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.nifi:nifi	>=1.0.0, <1.8.0	1.8.0

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache NiFi

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /apache/nifi/commit/e62aa0252dfcf34dff0c3a9c51265b1d0f9dfc9f
web
nifi.apache.org /security.html#CVE-2018-17193
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17193
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff
advisory
github.com /apache/nifi
package
issues.apache.org /jira/browse/NIFI-5442
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary