RabbitMQ up to 3.13.13/4.0.18/4.1.9/4.2.4 Federation Management Plugin consumer_tag cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in RabbitMQ up to 3.13.13/4.0.18/4.1.9/4.2.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Federation Management Plugin. The manipulation of the argument consumer_tag leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-57213. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in RabbitMQ up to 3.13.13/4.0.18/4.1.9/4.2.4 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Federation Management Plugin. The manipulation of the argument consumer_tag with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to 3.13.14, 4.0.19, 4.1.10, and 4.2.5, the rabbitmq_federation_management plugin renders the consumer_tag field on the Federation Status page without HTML escaping, allowing a user who can configure a federation upstream or policy to execute JavaScript in the browser of a user viewing that page. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.14, 4.0.19, 4.1.10, and 4.2.5.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-57213 since 06/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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.

Upgrading to version 3.13.14, 4.0.19, 4.1.10 or 4.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• RabbitMQ

Version

• 3.13.0
• 3.13.1
• 3.13.2
• 3.13.3
• 3.13.4
• 3.13.5
• 3.13.6
• 3.13.7
• 3.13.8
• 3.13.9
• 3.13.10
• 3.13.11
• 3.13.12
• 3.13.13
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.0.15
• 4.0.16
• 4.0.17
• 4.0.18
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4

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