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title: "CVE-2013-1879\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1879

Publication date 20 July 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduled.jsp in Apache
ActiveMQ 5.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via vectors involving the "cron of a message."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1879?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| activemq | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

patch in subversion 1459265

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

scheduler not shipped in Debian/Ubuntu

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1879)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1879)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1879)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1879)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1879>