CVE-2021-32857

Cockpit vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cockpit is a content management system that allows addition of content management functionality to any site. In versions 0.12.2 and prior, bad HTML sanitization in `htmleditor.js` may lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) issues. There are no known patches for this issue.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 6.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-05-12 CVE Reserved
2023-02-20 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-09-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-1035_Cockpit_Next	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/f7cd602bcc6134657ccfeb4e400b0050943dd243/assets/lib/uikit/js/components/htmleditor.js	2023-03-02
https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/0c6628cbff3e49bc317c97b03a4666b3a75f76cc	2023-03-02

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Agentejo Search vendor "Agentejo"		Cockpit Search vendor "Agentejo" for product "Cockpit"				<= 0.12.2 Search vendor "Agentejo" for product "Cockpit" and version " <= 0.12.2"		-		Affected