What is CVE-2016-4948?

CVE-2016-4948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-4948?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Cloudera Manager

CVE-2016-4948

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cloudera Manager 5.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Template Name field when renaming a template; (2) KDC Server host, (3) Kerberos Security Realm, (4) Kerberos Encryption Types, (5) Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for [libdefaults] section of krb5.conf, (6) Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for the Default Realm in krb5.conf, (7) Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for remaining krb5.conf, or (8) Active Directory Account Prefix fields in the Kerberos wizard; or (9) classicWizard parameter to cmf/cloudera-director/redirect.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cloudera Manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4948?: CVE-2016-4948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-4948?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.