CVE-2021-44120
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CVE-2021-44120 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.4/10 on the CVSS scale. SPIP 4.0.0 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ecrire/public/interfaces.php, adding the function safehtml to the vulnerable fields. An editor is able to modify his personal information. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
SPIP 4.0.0 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ecrire/public/interfaces.php, adding the function safehtml to the vulnerable fields. An editor is able to modify his personal information. If the editor has an article written and available, when a user goes to the public site and wants to read the author's information, the malicious code will be executed. The "Who are you" and "Website Name" fields are vulnerable.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Spip | Spip | 4.0.0 |
References
- https://git.spip.net/spip/spip/commit/d548391d799387d1e93cf1a369d385c72f7d5c81Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.spip.net/spip/spip/commit/d548391d799387d1e93cf1a369d385c72f7d5c81Patch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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