What is CVE-2021-25983?

CVE-2021-25983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Darwin Factor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-25983?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Darwin Factor

CVE-2021-25983

In Factor (App Framework & Headless CMS) forum plugin, versions v1.3.8 to v1.8.30, are vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) at the “tags” and “category” parameters in the URL. An unauthenticated attacker can execute malicious JavaScript code and steal the session cookies.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Darwin Factor
Factorjs Factor — versions 1.3.8, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

vulnerabilitylab@mend.io (x_refsource_MISC)
vulnerabilitylab@mend.io (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25983?: CVE-2021-25983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Darwin Factor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-25983?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.