Jboss A MqApplication · Redhat
CVE-2015-5181
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe JBoss console in A-MQ allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe JBoss console in Red Hat JBoss A-MQ contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code through the console interface, likely via unsanitized user input reflected in web pages.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Jboss A MqApplication
<= 6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Red Hat JBoss A-MQ is installedLook for JBoss A-MQ installation directories, check for the 'activemq' or 'jboss-a-mq' process running, or review installed software packages on the systemAffected if JBoss A-MQ is present on the system
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Check the installed A-MQ versionRun 'amq --version' or 'version' command from the A-MQ bin directory, or check version files in the installation root such as 'bin/activemq' version output or version.propertiesAffected if The installed version is 6.0 or lower (any version <= 6.0)
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Determine if the JBoss console is accessibleCheck if the web console is running by accessing the A-MQ management URL (typically port 8161 or 8181) or by reviewing console configuration files in the 'web' or 'conf' directoryAffected if The JBoss/A-MQ console is reachable and responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests
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Verify console is exposed to networkReview network binding configuration in conf/jetty.xml or similar config files to check if console listens on 0.0.0.0 or an external interface rather than localhost onlyAffected if The console is bound to a non-localhost address or accessible from external network segments
The environment is affected if Red Hat JBoss A-MQ version 6.0 or lower is installed AND the JBoss console is accessible on the network, since the XSS vulnerability requires the console interface to be reachable for exploitation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of A-MQ that addresses this vulnerability, or if the JBoss console is not required for operations, disable or restrict access to it to prevent exploitation.
Fix this in Jboss A Mq
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-5181 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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