Apache Archiva XSS in Web UI v2.0.0+: CVE-2024-27140 March 2024

Apache Archiva: reflected XSS
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Archiva. This issue affects Apache Archiva: from 2.0.0. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. Alternatively, you could configure a HTTP proxy in front of your Archiva instance to only forward requests that do not have malicious characters in the URL. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-27140 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:

NETWORK

Attack Complexity:

LOW

Privileges Required:

LOW

User Interaction:

REQUIRED

Scope:

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

LOW

Integrity Impact:

LOW

Availability Impact:

NONE

Weakness Type

What is a XSS Vulnerability?

The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

CVE-2024-27140 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2024-27140

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Affected Versions

Exploit Probability

EPSS

6.22%

Percentile

90.73%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.