CVE-2021-25980 (GCVE-0-2021-25980)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-11 07:10 – Updated: 2025-04-30 15:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Talkyard - Host-Header Injection Leads to Account Takeover
Summary
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Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-30 15:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/debiki/talkyard/commit/4067e19… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability… | x_refsource_MISC |
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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