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GHSA-4R9C-JGHC-CX5M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-11-10 16:45 – Updated: 2021-11-08 21:26

Summary

Cross-site Scripting in apostrophe

Details

Apostrophe CMS versions between 2.63.0 to 3.3.1 are vulnerable to Stored XSS where an editor uploads an SVG file that contains malicious JavaScript onto the Images module, which triggers XSS once viewed.

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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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "apostrophe"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.63.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.4.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-25978"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-11-08T21:26:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-11-07T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-4r9c-jghc-cx5m",
  "modified": "2021-11-08T21:26:37Z",
  "published": "2021-11-10T16:45:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25978"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/c8b94ee9c79468f1ce28e31966cb0e0839165e59"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site Scripting in apostrophe"
}

CVE-2021-25978 (GCVE-0-2021-25978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-07 17:15 – Updated: 2025-04-30 15:52

Title

Apostrophe - XSS

Summary

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: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

Mend

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commi…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apostrophe	Apostrophe	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 3.3.1 (custom) Affected: 2.63.0 , < unspecified (custom)

Credits

Daniel Elkabes

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          }
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                  }
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                "version": "2.0.3"
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          }
        ],
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GHSA-4R9C-JGHC-CX5M

CVE-2021-25978 (GCVE-0-2021-25978)

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