CVE-2021-26544 (GCVE-0-2021-26544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-20 09:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27
VLAI
Title
Apache Livy (Incubating) is vulnerable to cross site scripting
Summary
Livy server version 0.7.0-incubating (only) is vulnerable to a cross site scripting issue in the session name. A malicious user could use this flaw to access logs and results of other users' sessions and run jobs with their privileges. This issue is fixed in Livy 0.7.1-incubating.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Livy (Incubating) Affected: Apache Livy (Incubating) 0.7.0-incubating
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Credits
We would like to thank Andras Beni for reporting this issue
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