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CVE-2017-12614: Apache Airflow Reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in 404 Endpoint

May 14, 2022 (updated September 10, 2024)

It was noticed an XSS in certain 404 pages that could be exploited to perform an XSS attack. Chrome will detect this as a reflected XSS attempt and prevent the page from loading. However Firefox and other browsers don’t, and are vulnerable to this attack. Mitigation: The fix for this is to upgrade to Apache Airflow 1.9.0 or above.

References

  • devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/cve-2017-12614
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75
  • github.com/apache/airflow
  • github.com/apache/airflow/commit/e1a2d74c0045c9231f7a5365c956b8e048dd6af3
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2018-45.yaml
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c72480c76619c5e7793f0d213c34082f0598eaa4d212172f068940f@%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12614

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.9.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.9.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.0 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/apache-airflow/CVE-2017-12614.yml

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