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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2018-8006 json

Apache ActiveMQ web console vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published 2018-10-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hvwm-2624-rp9x , EUVD-2018-0620

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
55.7%
EPSS 55.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

An instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console on the queue.jsp page of Apache ActiveMQ versions 5.0.0 to 5.15.5. The root cause of this issue is improper data filtering of the QueueFilter parameter.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-web-console 5.15.6
  • activemq Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8006

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-2018-8006 updated cvss 6.1

activemq: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via QueueFilter parameter

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11 activemq activemq
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 activemq activemq
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 activemq activemq 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 Decision Manager 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 activemq-artemis activemq-artemis 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 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

55.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Apache ActiveMQ <=5.15.5 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
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
GitHub 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, <5.15.6
5.15.6

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ

Classification

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

References

Sources

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