What is CVE-2021-41261?

CVE-2021-41261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Galette, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-41261?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-41261 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Galette

CVE-2021-41261

Galette is a membership management web application built for non profit organizations and released under GPLv3. Versions prior to 0.9.6 are subject to stored cross site scripting attacks via the preferences footer. The preference footer can only be altered by a site admin. This issue has been resolved in the 0.9.6 release and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Galette — versions < 0.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

JoshuaMart/JoshuaMart

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-2021-41261?: CVE-2021-41261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Galette, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-41261?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-41261 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.