CVE-2015-0265

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Published Apr 11, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP User-Agent header.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0281	Apache Ranger Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Github GHSA	GHSA-83m2-9g78-rrj4	Apache Ranger Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.9% (4.853% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76208
http://www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/%3CD1E7EC30.9D53F%25vel%40apache.org%3E

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Ranger

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:03 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Apr 11, 2016, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:03 AM
Reserved: Nov 18, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 11, 2016, 7:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

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