CVE-2021-36703 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "blog title" field in the "Settings" menu "config" page of "dashboard" in htmly 2.8.1 has a storage cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to send an authenticated post HTTP request to admin/config and inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a special website name.

Published: 2021-08-03

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:htmly:htmly:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23298	The "blog title" field in the "Settings" menu "config" page of "dashboard" in htmly 2.8.1 has a storage cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to send an authenticated post HTTP request to admin/config and inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a special website name.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00931.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/danpros/htmly/issues/481

History

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Subscriptions

Htmly Htmly

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-03T18:03:44.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.412Z

Reserved: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36703

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-03T19:15:09.053

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:59:01.420

Link: CVE-2021-36703

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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