It was noticed an XSS in certain 404 pages that could be exploited to perform an XSS attack
Published Aug 6, 2018
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.02%
Description
It was noticed an XSS in certain 404 pages that could be exploited to perform an XSS attack. Chrome will detect this as a reflected XSS attempt and prevent the page from loading. Firefox and other browsers don't, and are vulnerable to this attack. Mitigation: The fix for this is to upgrade to Apache Airflow 1.9.0 or above.
Affected products
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- Version < 1.9.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Airflow | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02020) | 80.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02003) | 78.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.25% (0.02255) | 83.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00188) | 57.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00188) | 56.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00186) | 54.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01318) | 31.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.32% (0.01318) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/cve-2017-12614
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv25-9wgj-xg75 Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/airflow/commit/e1a2d74c0045c9231f7a5365c956b8e048dd6af3
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/apache-airflow/PYSEC-2018-45.yaml
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c72480c76619c5e7793f0d213c34082f0598eaa4d212172f068940f%40%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2c72480c76619c5e7793f0d213c34082f0598eaa4d212172f068940f@%3Cdev.airflow.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12614
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