CVE-2020-13932
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- Maven org.apache.activemq:apache-artemis2.5.0 → 2.14.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.activemq/apache-artemis
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-3h2h-xqr2-2jp7Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-13932cnnvd
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2020-13932-announcement.txtcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fcedcc89e5f296b174d6b8c1438c607c30d809c04292e5732d6e4eb@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13932cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160400/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-5365-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4326/cnnvd
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