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CVE-2021-32828 (GCVE-0-2021-32828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:32
VLAI
Title
Regular expression Denial of Service in MooTools
Summary
The Nuxeo Platform is an open source content management platform for building business applications. In version 11.5.109, the `oauth2` REST API is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This XSS can be escalated to Remote Code Execution (RCE) by levering the automation API.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 21:01 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Hyland Nuxeo Affected: 11.5.109 , ≤ 11.5.109 (custom)
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