RabbitMQ 4.2.x < 4.2.5 XSS via x-internal-purpose Argument

medium Nessus Plugin ID 327585

Synopsis

The RabbitMQ installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of RabbitMQ installed on the remote host is 4.2.x prior to 4.2.5. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability:

- The RabbitMQ management UI renders the x-internal-purpose queue or exchange argument into an HTML title attribute without proper escaping on the Queues and Exchanges pages, allowing a user with permission to declare a queue or exchange to execute JavaScript in another user's browser. (CVE-2026-57214)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to RabbitMQ version 4.2.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 327585

File Name: rabbitmq_xss_4_2_5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57214

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:rabbitmq, cpe:/a:pivotal_software:rabbitmq

Required KB Items: installed_sw/RabbitMQ, Settings/ParanoidReport

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57214

Detections

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