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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13932

In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13932

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jul 2020, 22:15 UTC

In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.5.0 to 2.13.0, a specially crafted MQTT packet which has an XSS payload as client-id or topic name can exploit this vulnerability. The XSS payload is being injected into the admin console's browser. The XSS payload is triggered in the diagram plugin; queue node and the info section.

osv:CVE-2020-13932
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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  "published_at": "2020-07-20T22:15:11.747+00:00"
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