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Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ Web: ActiveMQ Web Console - XSS vulnerability when browsing queues

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ Web. An authenticated attacker can show malicious content when browsing queues in the web console by overriding the content type to be HTML (instead of XML) and by injecting HTML into a JMS selector field. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ Web: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.5 or 5.19.6, which fixes the issue.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-41043
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4 Nov 2026, 20:47 UTC · Revision 1

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Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ Web: ActiveMQ Web Console - XSS vulnerability when browsing queues

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2026, 10:16 UTC

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ Web. An authenticated attacker can show malicious content when browsing queues in the web console by overriding the content type to be HTML (instead of XML) and by injecting HTML into a JMS selector field. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ Web: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.5 or 5.19.6, which fixes the issue.

osv:CVE-2026-41043
Complete source record
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