CVE-2021-42560

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.9.0. The Debrief plugin receives base64 encoded "SVG" parameters when generating a PDF document. These SVG documents are parsed in an unsafe manner and can be leveraged for XXE attacks (e.g., File Exfiltration, Server Side Request Forgery, Out of Band Exfiltration, etc.).

• CWE-611

• https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42560-Unsafe%20XML%20Parsing-MITRE%20CalderaExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42560-Unsafe%20XML%20Parsing-MITRE%20CalderaExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 12, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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