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GHSA-WMH9-X28J-C6GR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:29 – Updated: 2022-06-03 15:48

Summary

Cross site scripting in publify

Details

In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a “publisher” role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2021-25974 (GCVE-0-2021-25974)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-10 11:10 – Updated: 2025-04-30 15:52

Summary

In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a “publisher” role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

Mend

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/publify/publify/commit/fefd5f7…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	publify_core	publify_core	Affected: v8.0 , < unspecified (custom) Affected: unspecified , ≤ v9.2.4 (custom)

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GSD-2021-25974

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2022-05-24 00:00

Details

In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a 'publisher' role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.

Aliases

CVE-2021-25974

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

GHSA-WMH9-X28J-C6GR

CVE-2021-25974 (GCVE-0-2021-25974)

GSD-2021-25974

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