CVE-2017-4965 Cross-site scripting in Pivotal RabbitMQ

What is CVE-2017-4965?

CVE-2017-4965 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Broadcom Rabbitmq Server, published on 13 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in these Pivotal RabbitMQ versions: all 3.4.x versions, all 3.5.x versions, and 3.6.x versions prior to 3.6.9; and these RabbitMQ for PCF versions: all 1.5.x versions, 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.18, and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.15. Several forms in the RabbitMQ management UI are vulnerable to XSS attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4965?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Broadcom Rabbitmq Server, Debian Debian Linux, Pivotal Software Rabbitmq.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4965?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2017-4965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Rabbitmq Server

• CVE-2016-9877 Auth bypass in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6; RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-67404 RabbitMQ: OAuth2 silent verify_none fallback for JWKS fetch Critical 9.2
• CVE-2026-67231 RabbitMQ: Trust-store whitelist by Issuer+Serial only Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-57219 Information disclosure in rabbitmq-server High 8.7
• CVE-2026-67236 RabbitMQ: Plaintext username:password stored in an insecure cookie after successful POST /login High 8.2

All Broadcom Rabbitmq Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-4965, GHSA-734q-gfvq-r9w2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-4965.