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CVE-2024-27140: Apache Archiva: reflected XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Archiva. This issue affects Apache Archiva: from 2.0.0. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. Alternatively, you could configure a HTTP proxy in front of your Archiva instance to only forward requests that do not have malicious characters in the URL. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Archiva: from 2.0.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/01/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/xrn6nt904ozh3jym60c3f5hj2fb75pjy
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/01/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/xrn6nt904ozh3jym60c3f5hj2fb75pjy

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