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Apache Ranger has Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Edit Service Page

  • Disclosed: 22.01.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

Stored XSS vulnerability in Edit Service Page of Apache Ranger UI in Apache Ranger Version 2.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Apache Ranger 2.5.0, which fixes this issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.apache.ranger:ranger < 2.5.0 2.5.0

References

CVSS score 4.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.apache.ranger:ranger
Disclosed
22.01.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vrx2-mgr9-v67h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.apache.ranger:ranger

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (17) in the archive
Total entries
17
First → latest
10.2018 08.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 5
  • Medium 8

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Apache Ranger has a Command Injection vulnerability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-28672 >= 0.6.0, <= 2.8.0 no fix
  2. Apache Ranger UI vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-45479 >= 0.5.0, < 2.5.0 2.5.0
  3. Apache Ranger has Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Edit Service Page this entry
    Medium · 4.8 CVE-2024-45478 < 2.5.0 2.5.0
  4. Apache Ranger code execution vulnerability in policy expressions
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-45048 >= 2.3.0, < 2.4.0 2.4.0
  5. Apache Ranger allows users to bypass intended access restrictions via direct access to module URLs
    High · 7.1 CVE-2015-0266 < 0.5.0 0.5.0
  6. Apache Ranger Access Restriction Bypass
    High · 8.8 CVE-2016-0735 >= 0.5.0, < 0.5.2 0.5.2
  7. Policy resource matcher in Apache Ranger before 0.7.1 ignores characters after '' wildcard character
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-7676 < 0.7.1 0.7.1
  8. UnixAuthenticationService in Apache Ranger was updated to correctly handle user input to avoid Stack-based buffer overflow
    High · 8.8 CVE-2018-11778 < 1.2.0 1.2.0
  9. SQL injection vulnerability in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger
    High · 7.2 CVE-2016-2174 < 0.5.3 0.5.3
  10. The Admin UI in Apache Ranger before 0.5.1 does not properly handle authentication requests that lack a password
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2016-0733 < 0.5.1 0.5.1

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