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TI-2018-12292 Aliases CVE-2018-17193GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff

Cross-site scripting in Apache NiFi

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The message-page.jsp error page used the value of the HTTP request header X-ProxyContextPath without sanitization, resulting in a reflected XSS attack. Mitigation: The fix to correctly parse and sanitize the request attribute value was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.8.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02758 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.nifi:nifi (Maven): 1.8.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache NiFiApache NiFi 1.0.0 - 1.7.1—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.nifi:nifi (Maven)1.0.0 to before 1.8.01.8.0Patch availableGHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff
  • Apache NiFi VendorApache Affected Apache NiFi 1.0.0 - 1.7.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.nifi:nifi (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.8.0 Fixed in 1.8.0 Patch available GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 – 1.7.1VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:nifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 – 1.7.1 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff org.apache.nifi:nifi (Maven) Fixed in 1.8.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17193
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qq9-rrq6-48ff

References

  • TI-2023-17293 Apache NiFi: Potential Code Injection with Database Services using H2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-16549 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Eclipse Jetty CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2019-07411 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Commons Beanutils CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2017-11471 Improper input validation in Apache NiFi CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01212 XML external entity injection in Apache NiFi CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-03489 Deserialization of untrusted data in jackson-databind CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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