What is CVE-2021-41169?

CVE-2021-41169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sulu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-41169?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

XSS in Sulu

CVE-2021-41169

Sulu is an open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. In versions before 1.6.43 are subject to stored cross site scripting attacks. HTML input into Tag names is not properly sanitized. Only admin users are allowed to create tags. Users are advised to upgrade.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sulu — versions < 1.6.43

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41169?: CVE-2021-41169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sulu, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2021-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-41169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.