What is CVE-2021-42051?

CVE-2021-42051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-42051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Abantecart

CVE-2021-42051

An issue was discovered in AbanteCart before 1.3.2. Any low-privileged user with file-upload permissions can upload a malicious SVG document that contains an XSS payload.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Abantecart
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42051?: CVE-2021-42051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-42051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.