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Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5395

CVE-2016-5395

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the create user functionality in the policy admin tool in Apache Ranger before 0.6.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to policies.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.apache.ranger:rangerMaven
< 0.6.10.6.1

Affected products

6
  • Apache/Ranger5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.5.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • ghsa-coords
    pkg:maven/org.apache.ranger/ranger
    Range: < 0.6.1

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