CVE-2021-3539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

EspoCRM 6.1.6 and prior suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in processing user-supplied avatar images. This issue was fixed in version 6.1.7 of the product.

Published: 2021-08-04

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

EspoCRM

EspoCRM

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.1.6`	affected	≤ 6.1.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:espocrm:espocrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-4180-1	pgbouncer security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26850	EspoCRM 6.1.6 and prior suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in processing user-supplied avatar images. This issue was fixed in version 6.1.7 of the product.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00583.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Espocrm Espocrm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published: 2021-08-04T22:20:47.939Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:36.342Z

Reserved: 2021-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3539

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-04T23:15:08.383

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:05:18.787

Link: CVE-2021-3539

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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