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CVE-2016-6810
In Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.2, an instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based…
Medium6.1EPSS 6.1%
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- apache
Description
In Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.2, an instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console. The root cause of this issue is improper user data output validation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-79
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache ActiveMQ
- affected 5.0.0 to 5.14.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-clientGHSA-5jg4-p78r-p5j3 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-6810-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 94882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [users] 20161209 [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2016-6810: ActiveMQ Web Console - Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5jg4-p78r-p5j3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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