CVE-2018-8006
An instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console on the queue.jsp…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 55.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An instance of a cross-site scripting vulnerability was identified to be present in the web based administration console on the queue.jsp page of Apache ActiveMQ versions 5.0.0 to 5.15.5. The root cause of this issue is improper data filtering of the QueueFilter parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
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Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache ActiveMQ <=5.15.5 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-8006.yamlSeverity medium
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Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 55.7% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache ActiveMQ
- affected 5.0.0 to 5.15.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-web-consoleGHSA-hvwm-2624-rp9x (opens in a new tab)
References
10
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2018-8006-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 105156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 [CONF] Apache ActiveMQ > Security Advisories (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-dev] 20190327 Re: Website (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-dev] 20190328 Re: Website (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-gitbox] 20191021 [GitHub] [activemq-website] clebertsuconic commented on a change in pull request #17: Fix the ordering in the security advisories page (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-gitbox] 20191022 [GitHub] [activemq-website] coheigea commented on a change in pull request #17: Fix the ordering in the security advisories page (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20200514 [activemq-website] branch master updated: Publish CVE-2020-1941 security advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20210208 [activemq-website] branch master updated: Publish CVE-2020-13947 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0620 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hvwm-2624-rp9x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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