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CVE-2021-25273 (GCVE-0-2021-25273)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-29 19:17 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56
VLAI
Summary
Stored XSS can execute as administrator in quarantined email detail view in Sophos UTM before version 9.706.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/b/blog/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Dec/3 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Sophos Sophos UTM Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.705 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Hoffmann, usd AG
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