CVE-2021-40888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Projectsend version r1295 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to lack of sanitization when echo output data in returnFilesIds() function. A low privilege user can call this function through process.php file and execute scripting code.

Published: 2021-10-11

Score: 5.4 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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:projectsend:projectsend:r1295:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2021-28043	Projectsend version r1295 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to lack of sanitization when echo output data in returnFilesIds() function. A low privilege user can call this function through process.php file and execute scripting code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00624.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/issues/995
https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/releases/tag/r1295

History

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Subscriptions

Projectsend Projectsend

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-10-11T10:04:39.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:07.768Z

Reserved: 2021-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40888

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-11T11:15:09.673

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:07:35.860

Link: CVE-2021-40888

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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