CVE-2023-45757CWE-79

Apache bRPC: The builtin service rpcz page has an XSS attack vulnerability

published October 16, 2023

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
68.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Security vulnerability in Apache bRPC <=1.6.0 on all platforms allows attackers to inject XSS code to the builtin rpcz page.

An attacker that can send http request to bRPC server with rpcz enabled can inject arbitrary XSS code to the builtin rpcz page.

Solution (choose one of three):

1. upgrade to bRPC > 1.6.0, download link: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/brpc/1.6.1/

2. If you are using an old version of bRPC and hard to upgrade, you can apply this patch:  https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/2411

3. disable rpcz feature

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01233 · 68.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2023-10-16T08:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 08:01Z
    Apache bRPC: The builtin service rpcz page has an XSS attack vulnerability
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