CVE-2021-25986

Django-wiki - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Notifications Section

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Django-wiki, versions 0.0.20 to 0.7.8 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Notifications Section. An attacker who has access to edit pages can inject JavaScript payload in the title field. When a victim gets a notification regarding the changes made in the application, the payload in the notification panel renders and loads external JavaScript.

En Django-wiki, versiones 0.0.20 a 0.7.8, son vulnerables a un ataque de tipo Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Almacenado en la sección de notificaciones. Un atacante que tenga acceso a las páginas de edición puede inyectar una carga útil de JavaScript en el campo title. Cuando una víctima recibe una notificación sobre los cambios realizados en la aplicación, la carga útil en el panel de notificaciones se renderiza y carga JavaScript externo

*Credits: WhiteSource Vulnerability Research Team (WVR)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-22 CVE Reserved
2021-11-23 CVE Published
2023-06-16 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25986	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/9eaccc7519e4206a4d2f22640882f0737b2da9c5	2021-11-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Django-wiki Project Search vendor "Django-wiki Project"		Django-wiki Search vendor "Django-wiki Project" for product "Django-wiki"				>= 0.0.20 <= 0.7.8 Search vendor "Django-wiki Project" for product "Django-wiki" and version " >= 0.0.20 <= 0.7.8"		-		Affected