PT-2018-13944 · Apache · Apache Nifi

Dan Fike + 1 · Published 2018-12-19 · Updated 2019-02-07 · CVE-2018-17193

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache NiFi versions prior to 1.8.0

Description The issue arises from the unsanitized use of the HTTP request header X-ProxyContextPath in the message-page.jsp error page, leading to a reflected XSS attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.0, upgrade to Apache NiFi 1.8.0 or a later version to apply the fix that correctly parses and sanitizes the request attribute value.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17193

GHSA-4QQ9-RRQ6-48FF

Affected Products

Apache Nifi

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17193 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17193 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff · Vendor Advisory
• https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2018-17193 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/nifi · Note
• https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/e62aa0252dfcf34dff0c3a9c51265b1d0f9dfc9f · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff · Note
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-5442 · Note