CVE-2014-8110 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache ActiveMQ

What is CVE-2014-8110?

CVE-2014-8110 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Activemq, published on 12 Feb 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web based administration console in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8110?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.activemq:activemq-client. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Activemq.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8110?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:activemq-client to 5.10.1 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-8110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Activemq

• CVE-2023-46604 Apache ActiveMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3088 Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-34197 Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2020-11998 Remote code execution in Apache ActiveMQ Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-7285 Command Injection in Xstream Critical 9.8

All Apache Activemq vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9cvr-8xq4-2m73.