CVE-2019-11291

RabbitMQ XSS attack via federation and shovel endpoints

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS Score

Published: November 22, 2019 at 10:56 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:12 AM UTC

3 products affected across 3 vendorsOpenStackRabbitmq ServerRabbitMQ

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Severity

MEDIUM4.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.8%

Description

Pivotal RabbitMQ, 3.7 versions prior to v3.7.20 and 3.8 version prior to v3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for PCF, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain two endpoints, federation and shovel, which do not properly sanitize user input. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative access could craft a cross site scripting attack via the vhost or node name fields that could grant access to virtual hosts and policy management information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Rabbitmq Server · Broadcom

95%

3.7.0 ≤ v < 3.7.203.8.0

Affected range stops below 3.7.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

OpenStack · Red Hatdrupal

95%

RabbitMQ · VMware

95%

1.16 ≤ v < 1.16.71.16.0 ≤ v < 1.16.71.17 ≤ v < 1.17.41.17.0 ≤ v < 1.17.43.7 ≤ v < v3.7.203.8 ≤ v < v3.8.11.16 1.17 3.7 3.8

Affected range stops below 1.16.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.17.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below v3.7.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below v3.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0553

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11291

CVSS

4.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: LOW
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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