What is CVE-2024-45478?

CVE-2024-45478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-45478?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Ranger

CVE-2024-45478

Stored XSS vulnerability in Edit Service Page of Apache Ranger UI in Apache Ranger Version 2.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Apache Ranger 2.5.0, which fixes this issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ranger
Apache Software Foundation Ranger — versions 2.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45478?: CVE-2024-45478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-45478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.