Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0 helium.json cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file helium.json. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-31868. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Zeppelin up to 0.11.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file helium.json. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin. The attackers can modify helium.json and exposure XSS attacks to normal users. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin: from 0.8.2 before 0.11.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.11.1, which fixes the issue.

The weakness was released by H Ming. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-31868 since 04/06/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:helium.json it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 0.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Zeppelin

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11.0

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/
• Product: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/

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