What is CVE-2017-7678?

CVE-2017-7678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Spark, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-7678?

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

XSS in Apache Spark

CVE-2017-7678

In Apache Spark before 2.2.0, it is possible for an attacker to take advantage of a user's trust in the server to trick them into visiting a link that points to a shared Spark cluster and submits data including MHTML to the Spark master, o…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.2th 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

Apache Spark
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@apache.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@apache.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7678?: CVE-2017-7678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Spark, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-7678?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.