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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-6810

In Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.2, an instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console. The root cause of this issue is improper user data output validation.

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CVE-2016-6810

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jan 2018, 15:29 UTC

In Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.2, an instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console. The root cause of this issue is improper user data output validation.

osv:CVE-2016-6810
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.303870398Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/924a3a27fad192d711436421e02977ff90d9fc0f298e1efe6757cfbc%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430649,
  "published_at": "2018-01-10T15:29:00.19+00:00"
}