What is CVE-2021-40541?

CVE-2021-40541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion Phpfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-40541?

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

XSS in Php-Fusion Phpfusion

CVE-2021-40541

PHPFusion 9.03.110 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the preg patterns filter html tag without "//" in descript() function An authenticated user can trigger XSS by appending "//" in the end of text.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th 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

Php-fusion Phpfusion — versions 9.03.110
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40541?: CVE-2021-40541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Php-Fusion Phpfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-40541?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.