XSS in Apache Ambari

CVE-2015-3186

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated cluster operator users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the note field in a configuration change.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2015-11-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ambari — versions 1.7.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/13/1 (mailing-list)