# CVE-2011-3606: Cross-site scripting in JBoss Application Server

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the JBoss AS admin console via DOM-based XSS, potentially compromising administrator accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8pw8-hjx4-j5jp

## What is CVE-2011-3606?

CVE-2011-3606 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JBoss Application Server, published on 26 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A DOM based cross-site scripting flaw was found in the JBoss Application Server 7 before 7.1.0 Beta 1 administration console. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted web page and trick the valid JBoss AS user, with the administrator privilege, to visit it, which would lead into the DOM environment modification and arbitrary HTML or web script execution.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3606?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Jboss Application Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-3606?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-3606 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in JBoss Application Server

- [CVE-2012-2312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2312/): Privilege escalation in JBoss (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2012-1094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1094/): JBoss AS may expose root content if excluded-contexts list is mismatched (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2013-3734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3734/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2011-3609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3609/): Cross-site request forgery in JBoss Application Server (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-3606 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-3606 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JBoss Application Server, published on 26 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JBoss Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3606/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3606/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3606
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3606
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3606

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.