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CVE-2016-6810

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6810 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Apache ActiveMQ 5.x versions prior to 5.14.2, specifically within its web-based administration console due to improper user data output validation. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0, < 5.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0609 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.activemq:activemq-clientFixed in: 5.14.2
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: activemq
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: activemq
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: mq-web-console

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-5jg4-p78r-p5j3medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Apache ActiveMQ

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-6810Moderate

activemq: Cross-site scripting in web based administration console

Dec 9, 2016

References

activemq.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-6810-announcement.txt
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/924a3a27fad192d711436421e02977ff90d9fc0f298e1efe6757cfbc%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/94882
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037475
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry