PT-2018-13944
CVE-2018-17193
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Published
2018-12-19
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Updated
2019-02-07
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.1
MediumMetricsAV: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.
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